health and social care inequalities during the first wave of covid-19 in italy; comment on “experiences and implications of the first wave of the covid-19 emergency in italy: a social science perspective”

The impact of covid-19 on the italian population is well-known and has been deeply analysed under the clinical and epidemiological perspectives where the majority of the studies focused on the beginning of the first wave (march-may 2020). however, there is a need for analysing this complex phenomenon integrating the clinical side with the economic and social lens to better understand implications of a pandemic for populations. in their paper masino and enria focused the attention on four specific perspectives: health system reaction to the pandemic, inequalities in the work world, social care from the elderly point of view and the government communication challenges. in this commentary, i take these different perspectives trying to outline how they have been explored and analysed during these three years after their publication.