The social work profession, more than any other, is most hurt by the rampaging coronavirus (aka, COVID-19) pandemic given the scourge’s pernicious impact on society’s underserved and undervalued populations. More so, the pandemic has undermined the profession’s historical value commitment to social justice and human rights while overturning our insistence on the importance of human relationships. The purpose of this essay is to explicate the nexus between social work and COVID-19 pandemic. While noting the deafening silence of the profession in the global discourse of the pandemic, it advocates for the urgency of our response if our profession is to attain significant public value amid the current loss of lives and threats to human rights. Strategies for our professional action, in flattening the curve of the contagion, are laid out.

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社会工作和 COVID-19 大流行：行动呼吁

鉴于这种祸害对社会服务不足和被低估的人群的有害影响，社会工作专业比其他任何专业更受肆虐的冠状病毒（又名 COVID-19）大流行的伤害。更重要的是，大流行破坏了该行业对社会正义和人权的历史价值承诺，同时推翻了我们对人际关系重要性的坚持。本文的目的是解释社会工作与 COVID-19 大流行之间的联系。虽然注意到该行业在全球大流行病的讨论中震耳欲聋的沉默，但它主张如果我们的行业要在当前生命损失和人权威胁的情况下获得重要的公共价值，我们必须采取紧急应对措施。制定了我们的专业行动策略，以拉平传染曲线。