Covid 19 and Social Inequality: emphasizing the digital divide

This paper examines the effects of Covid 19 on inequalities based on various available data and available studies and analyses. Based on a general and theoretical rule as well as empirical contexts, it assumes that inequality and Covid 19 have intensifying effects on each other. Because events, whether negative-incidental such as pervasive diseases or positive-intentional type such as the implementation of policies and programs, in unequal structures in terms of severity and extent of victims and beneficiaries have disparate effects and generally deepen existing inequalities. Therefore, this study examines the effects of Covid 19 in interacting with important dimensions such as employment and income and previous contexts such as the economic and social base of individuals within and between countries. At the same time, in the age of cyberspace, the intensification of other forms of inequality has taken place mainly through the digital divide. Finally, it proposes policy recommendations to improve the situation, given the prevalence of Covid 19 and its long-term effects.