Hope, Political Credibility and Historicity: The Construction of Confidence and Mistrust in Vaccines and Vaccination Against Covid-19 in Argentina
Since December 2020, the Argentine State carried out a national vaccination plan to face the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite several initial difficulties, by the end of December 2021, a high percentage of the population had been vaccinated. Given that vaccines and vaccination are widely accepted in the c...
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| description | Since December 2020, the Argentine State carried out a national vaccination plan to face the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite several initial difficulties, by the end of December 2021, a high percentage of the population had been vaccinated. Given that vaccines and vaccination are widely accepted in the country, this was not surprising at all. However, the campaign also received very harsh objections and attacks from the political and media opposition, giving rise to violent public controversies. My aim is to show that these disputes can be read as updates of a specific historicity, that is, local ways of thinking and organizing the present in relation to schemes of the past that, in turn, make certain futures imaginable and admissible. My analysis is focused on the public discourse of leaders, legislators and politicians from different parties about vaccines and the vaccination plan until mid-2021. This information was obtained through the collection and analysis of written sources from newspaper media, governmental and non-governmental agencies, and social networks and websites. Additionally, I used statistical information to provide a better understanding of the development of the pandemic and vaccination. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-418602024-07-20T00:53:34Z Hope, Political Credibility and Historicity: The Construction of Confidence and Mistrust in Vaccines and Vaccination Against Covid-19 in Argentina Esperanza, credibilidad política e historicidad: la construcción de la confianza y la desconfianza en las vacunas y la vacunación contra el Covid-19 en la Argentina Visaconvsky, Sergio COVID-19 pandemic vaccine trust hope historicity pandemia COVID-19 vacuna confianza esperanza historicidad vacina covid-19 pandemia covid-19 confiança na vacinação esperança historicidade Argentina Since December 2020, the Argentine State carried out a national vaccination plan to face the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite several initial difficulties, by the end of December 2021, a high percentage of the population had been vaccinated. Given that vaccines and vaccination are widely accepted in the country, this was not surprising at all. However, the campaign also received very harsh objections and attacks from the political and media opposition, giving rise to violent public controversies. My aim is to show that these disputes can be read as updates of a specific historicity, that is, local ways of thinking and organizing the present in relation to schemes of the past that, in turn, make certain futures imaginable and admissible. My analysis is focused on the public discourse of leaders, legislators and politicians from different parties about vaccines and the vaccination plan until mid-2021. This information was obtained through the collection and analysis of written sources from newspaper media, governmental and non-governmental agencies, and social networks and websites. Additionally, I used statistical information to provide a better understanding of the development of the pandemic and vaccination. Desde diciembre de 2020, el Estado argentino emprendió un plan nacional de vacunación para enfrentar la pandemia de Covid-19. Pese a varias dificultades iniciales, hacia fines de diciembre de 2021 se había logrado vacunar a un alto porcentaje de la población, algo esperable por la historia de aceptación mayoritaria de las vacunas y la vacunación en el país. Sin embargo, también la campaña fue objeto de durísimos cuestionamientos de la oposición política y mediática. Mi pretensión es mostrar que estas disputas resultan inteligibles en el marco de una específica historicidad, esto es, modos locales de pensar y organizar el presente en relación con esquemas del pasado que, a su vez, hacen que ciertos futuros sean imaginables y admisibles. Mi exposición está basada en el discurso público de gobernantes, funcionarios, legisladores y políticos de distintos partidos sobre las vacunas y su aplicación durante los primeros seis meses de la vacunación, discurso relevado mediante una indagación de fuentes periodísticas, agencias gubernamentales y no gubernamentales y redes sociales y sitios web. Asimismo, incorporé información estadística para una mejor comprensión del desarrollo de la pandemia y la vacunación. Neste artigo, pretendo analisar os primeiros seis meses de vacinação contra o COVID-19 na Argentina por meio de uma investigação documental de fontes jornalísticas, agências governamentais e não governamentais e redes sociais e sites, mas também por meio de depoimentos de entrevistas em profundidade para pessoas dos setores médios, principalmente por meio de canais virtuais e, quando possível, pessoalmente, por meio de trabalhos de campo remotos realizados nos anos de 2020 e 2021 na Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires. Pretendo mostrar como a esperança de superação da pandemia por meio das vacinas e da vacinação assumiu a forma de uma disputa por credibilidade política, que por sua vez dependia de uma historicidade distinta. Nessa disputa, a confiança nas vacinas e na vacinação nunca pareceu estar em risco; A desconfiança em relação a certas vacinas decorreu de questões ideológicas sobre as identidades nacionais e políticas das vacinas disponíveis, atribuindo mais confiabilidade a algumas do que a outras. Além dos possíveis usos políticos, das críticas condições socioeconômicas locais e das dificuldades iniciais de acesso às vacinas, a singularidade da vacinação contra a COVID-19 na Argentina é inteligível no marco de uma historicidade específica que moldou peculiares formas de esperança. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2024-07-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/41860 Astrolabio; No. 33 (2024): July - December: Towards the End of Human Exceptionality: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Animal Question; 418-459 Astrolabio; Núm. 33 (2024): Julio - Diciembre: Hacia el fin de la excepcionalidad humana: miradas multidisciplinarias sobre la cuestión animal; 418-459 Astrolabio; n. 33 (2024): Julho a dezembro: Rumo ao fim da excepcionalidade humana: perspectivas multidisciplinares sobre a questão animal; 418-459 1668-7515 10.55441/1668.7515.n33 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/41860/45796 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/41860/45814 Derechos de autor 2024 Sergio Visaconvsky https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | COVID-19 pandemic vaccine trust hope historicity pandemia COVID-19 vacuna confianza esperanza historicidad vacina covid-19 pandemia covid-19 confiança na vacinação esperança historicidade Argentina Visaconvsky, Sergio Hope, Political Credibility and Historicity: The Construction of Confidence and Mistrust in Vaccines and Vaccination Against Covid-19 in Argentina |
| title | Hope, Political Credibility and Historicity: The Construction of Confidence and Mistrust in Vaccines and Vaccination Against Covid-19 in Argentina |
| title_alt | Esperanza, credibilidad política e historicidad: la construcción de la confianza y la desconfianza en las vacunas y la vacunación contra el Covid-19 en la Argentina |
| title_full | Hope, Political Credibility and Historicity: The Construction of Confidence and Mistrust in Vaccines and Vaccination Against Covid-19 in Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Hope, Political Credibility and Historicity: The Construction of Confidence and Mistrust in Vaccines and Vaccination Against Covid-19 in Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hope, Political Credibility and Historicity: The Construction of Confidence and Mistrust in Vaccines and Vaccination Against Covid-19 in Argentina |
| title_short | Hope, Political Credibility and Historicity: The Construction of Confidence and Mistrust in Vaccines and Vaccination Against Covid-19 in Argentina |
| title_sort | hope political credibility and historicity the construction of confidence and mistrust in vaccines and vaccination against covid 19 in argentina |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic vaccine trust hope historicity pandemia COVID-19 vacuna confianza esperanza historicidad vacina covid-19 pandemia covid-19 confiança na vacinação esperança historicidade Argentina |
| topic_facet | COVID-19 pandemic vaccine trust hope historicity pandemia COVID-19 vacuna confianza esperanza historicidad vacina covid-19 pandemia covid-19 confiança na vacinação esperança historicidade Argentina |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/41860 |
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