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Testing Care and Morality: Everyday Testing During COVID-19 in Denmark.

Charlotte Nørholm¹, Jens Seeberg², Andreas Roepstorff^1,2

¹Interacting Minds Centre, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Aarhus C, Denmark.

Medical Anthropology

|March 7, 2024

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COVID-19 testing in Denmark became a biosocial practice, shaping public health morality around responsibility and belonging. This "public healthicization" moralized behavior, dividing the tested from the untested within the Danish welfare state framework.

Keywords:

COVID-19 Denmark ethnography pandemic public health morality testing

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Medical Sociology
Anthropology of Health

Background:

COVID-19 testing was a key strategy for infection control in Denmark.
Understanding testing solely as a diagnostic tool overlooks its broader societal implications.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze COVID-19 testing as a biosocial practice.
To explore how testing enacted public health morality and influenced everyday life.
To examine the cultural and moral embedding of testing within the Danish welfare state.

Main Methods:

Ethnographic fieldwork.
Analysis of COVID-19 testing as a material-semiotic sign.
Qualitative research on public health practices.

Main Results:

Testing functioned as a biosocial practice, promoting a morality of responsibility, care, and belonging.
COVID-19 testing led to the "public healthicization" of daily life, moralizing behavior.
A moral distinction emerged between the tested and untested populations.

Conclusions:

COVID-19 testing in Denmark was more than diagnostics; it was a moral and social practice.
Testing integrated public health imperatives into the fabric of everyday life and the Danish welfare state.
The study highlights the cultural and moral dimensions of public health interventions.