Stigma toward Wuhan people during the COVID-19 epidemic: an exploratory study based on social media

• Main Authors: Yazheng Di (Author), Ang Li (Author), He Li (Author), Peijing Wu (Author), Simin Yang (Author), Meng Zhu (Author), Tingshao Zhu (Author), Xiaoqian Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Stigma associated with infectious diseases is common and causes various negative effects on stigmatized people. With Wuhan as the center of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, its people were likely to be the target of stigmatization. To evaluate the severity of stigmatization toward...