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The extent of the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia is related to many factors, including the problem of some of the population who do not believe in the threat of danger and the rapid spread of this outbreak. Distrust of the ongoing disease pandemic is considered to be one of the serious problems in controlling the transmission of COVID-19.
What causes someone to distrust COVID-19?
The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia is still out of control, the transmission and death tolls are increasing. Currently, people are asked to be more responsible for the health of themselves and those around them.
One of the main ways to maintain joint health is to take precautions consistently. Avoiding crowds or physical distancing, wearing a mask, and washing hands with soap are the three most important precautions.
However, there are still many who ignore these health protocols. One of the reasons or the reason they remain ignorant of health protocols is because they do not believe in the existence or facts and scientific data of COVID-19.
According to BPS survey data, there are 44.9 million or 17 percent of people in Indonesia who feel they are unlikely to be exposed or immune from COVID-19. The results of this survey were delivered by the Task Force for Handling COVID-19 in early October (2/10).
In addition, this data shows that there are 45 percent of Indonesians who only follow strict health protocols when someone closest to them has contracted COVID-19, for example, neighbors, people in their neighborhood, or their families.
This distrust is not only a distrust of the existence of the COVID-19 outbreak itself, but there are several reasons and types of distrust towards this pandemic situation. Some of them who ignore protocol, believe in the existence of COVID-19 but do not consider this disease as something serious. Some others feel immune and are unlikely to catch COVID-19.
Another reason for the distrust of this outbreak is that they have doubts about the case data. For them, the recording of the transmission rate is exaggerated or the case data is incorrect and confusing.
The pandemic condition that has only occurred in the last hundred years is indeed a situation that has never been experienced by many people. Not only physical chaos arises, but information that seems confusing and fluctuating has also caused mental confusion for many people. As a result, many people choose not to believe in COVID-19 rather than accept it as a new reality.
Being in denial is not always bad, because it gives a person time to adjust. However, long-term denial can be dangerous not only for yourself but also for others.
COVID-19 Outbreak updates Country: IndonesiaData
1,024,298
Confirmed831,330
Recovered28,855
DeathDistribution MapRejection and Rationalization
The US Ohio clinical psychologist, Eve Whitmore, said that denying the facts of COVID-19 as a construct in psychology describes how people deal with reality. This is the way people survive conditions of anxiety.
Denying the facts of COVID-19 is their way of eliminating things that can cause them to experience excessive anxiety. According to Whitmore, people like this are trying to protect themselves from anxiety and give themselves a false sense of security.
Some have chosen to deny some of the facts related to COVID-19 to justify their negative behavior in defying health protocols. For example, they believe that COVID-19 can heal itself like the flu and choose not to believe that the disease can be severe and dangerous.
By denying and not believing in the fact of the dangers of COVID-19 transmission, they refuse to wear masks and continue to attend large gatherings. Even though tens of thousands of victims have fallen and the transmission rate has been getting higher for almost a year, until now there are still those who do not believe in the existence of COVID-19.
It is feared that the policy for handling COVID-19 that is not firm and the credibility of data that is hard to believe can increase the number of public distrust of the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
