Covid-19 and ageing: four alternative conceptual frameworks

Hist Philos Life Sci. 2021 Jun 29;43(3):84. doi: 10.1007/s40656-021-00439-x.

Abstract

Ageing is one of the main risk factors for Covid-19. In this paper, we delineate four alternative conceptualisations of ageing, each of which determines different understandings of its causal role to the susceptibility to Covid-19 as well as to the severity of its symptoms and adverse health outcomes.

Keywords: Ageing; Covid-19; Risk factor.

MeSH terms

  • Aging*
  • COVID-19 / psychology*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
  • Humans
  • Terminology as Topic*