In 1990, the sociologist Phil Strong wrote about “epidemic psychology” as part of his research on the recent history of AIDS. Strong described vividly how epidemics of fear, of explanation and moralization, and of (proposed) action accompanied the epidemic of the AIDS virus per se. In this essay, I draw on these formulations to think through the current COVID-19 crisis, illustrating too a pandemic of inequality. In so doing, I provide a sketch of a pandemic sociology.

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大流行社会学

1990 年，社会学家菲尔·斯特朗（Phil Strong）写了一篇关于“流行病心理学”的文章，作为他对艾滋病近期历史研究的一部分。斯特朗生动地描述了恐惧、解释和道德化以及（提议的）行动的流行如何伴随着艾滋病病毒本身的流行。在这篇文章中，我利用这些提法来思考当前的 COVID-19 危机，也说明了不平等的流行。在此过程中，我提供了流行病社会学的草图。