Análise sociológica do discurso negacionista e seus reflexos sobre a pandemia de COVID-19 e vacinação contra o coronavírus

Abstract

The work presented here aims to formulate a sociological analysis of the denialist discourse and its impacts on the vaccination process against the coronavirus, as well as the social consequences of this movement in the midst of the humanitarian crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Denialist thinking has been expanding considerably over the last few years, to which the rise of a social segment with radical and populist characteristics on the right of the political spectrum is strongly linked and contributing to its strengthening. The problem arises in the face of the influence of this segment on the construction of the denialist discourse that resulted in the refusal to vaccinate against the coronavirus. And inquiring about how the discourse employed operates in its audience, being efficient even in its most critical part and with access to scientifically based information. The research suggests the hypothesis that the denial of vaccination against the coronavirus is configured as a political symptom, since its discourse presents itself in strong interaction with the discourse of this radical right or insurgent extreme right. Both discourses emerge in a context of social unrest in which social media play a leading role as a means of amplifying the dissatisfactions and questioning of ordinary people. Once appropriated by digital political marketing, these dissatisfactions are used as a political tool of social control, finding in social media a fertile field of possibilities and support. Studies in the area of Social Sciences and the contributions of Social Psychology will serve as analytical tools in order to illuminate the interpretative path on the dynamics of this social phenomenon that has been putting to the test consolidated institutional elements such as science, traditional media and governmental spheres, causing deleterious effects to the democratic political model and the social order.