A Global Index to Quantify Discrimination Resulting from COVID-19 Pandemic Response Policies

• DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/h4djv_v1
• Publication Date: 2025-03-21T22:30:37Z
• Authors: Claus Rinner; Mariko Uda; Laurie Manwell
• Keywords: Pandemic; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Immediately following the emergency use authorizations of COVID-19 vaccines, governments around world made these products available to their populations and later started implementing differential rules for vaccinated unvaccinated citizens regarding mobility access venues services. The Oxford Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT) is a time series database that reflects extent public health measures in each country. On basis OxCGRT Containment Health Index, we calculated corresponding discrimination index by subtracting daily values individuals. resulting metric provides cursory quantification experienced individuals throughout 2021 2022. Patterns data show high degree with great numeric temporal differences between jurisdictions. Around 90% countries Europe North South America discriminated against at some point during pandemic. least amount was found Central Africa. In order move towards sustainable post-pandemic recovery prevent discriminatory policies future, recommend human rights protections be expanded prohibition extended beyond limited list grounds.