In many countries, COVID-19 has amplified the health, economic and social inequities that motivate group-based collective action. We draw upon the SIRDE/IDEAS model of social change to explore how the pandemic might have affected complex reactions to social injustices. We argue that the virus elicits widespread negative emotions which are spread contagiously through social media due to increased social isolation caused by shelter-in-place directives. When an incident occurs which highlights systemic injustices, the prevailing negative emotional climate intensifies anger at these injustices as well as other emotions, which motivates participation in protest actions despite the obvious risk. We discuss how the pandemic might shape both normative and non-normative protests, including radical violent and destructive collective actions. We also discuss how separatism is being encouraged in some countries due to a lack of effective national leadership and speculate that this is partially the result of different patterns of social identification.

在许多国家，COVID-19加剧了健康，经济和社会不平等现象，这些不平等现象激发了基于群体的集体行动。我们利用社会变化的SIRDE / IDEAS模型来探讨大流行病如何影响对社会不公正现象的复杂反应。我们认为该病毒引起广泛的负面情绪，这是由于就地庇护所指示导致的社会隔离增加而通过社交媒体传播的。当发生突出系统性不公正现象的事件时，普遍存在的消极情绪气氛加剧了对这些不公正现象以及其他情绪的愤怒，尽管存在明显风险，但仍促使人们参与抗议活动。我们讨论了这种流行病如何影响规范性和非规范性抗议活动，包括激进的暴力和破坏性集体行动。