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Halifax professor examines harmful role stigma plays during coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19-related stigma and discrimination.“There’s a lot of talk going around about the 18- to 35-year-olds as being the proponents of this newest lockdown, but in all these cases about trying to blame or identify someone as being the cause of this … where the real harm comes (is) to those communities,” said Robert Huish, an associate professor of international development studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax.Huish is leading a study that records and examines the harmful role social stigma and discrimination is playing throughout the pandemic.The survey is open to anyone who feels they’ve encountered a negative experience associated with stigma as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.“We’ve heard a lot from people who are out of