Reflections on old age in the Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The text aimed to problematize the discourses directed to old age in the contemporary. Therefore, a conceptual discussion about the contemporary term was carried out, and in the sequence, the description about the pandemic of the new coronavirus was presented in a contextual way, evidencing the speeches about old age that were broadcast during this period. Based on social psychology references, a survey of reports was made that mentioned old age during the pandemic under a critical bias. The analysis sought to understand the representation of old age during the pandemic from the perspective of the media and scientific articles. The results show the change in a discourse that mentions the elderly population, previously considered to be the best age, and in the pandemic, the speeches refer to a pejorative bias to this age category, of infantilization and fear, they also demonstrate that the speech directed to from the perspective of care and prevention has become a tutelage and supervision discourse.