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View all search resultsMany young Indonesians feel invincible despite pandemic
Most young people still do not believe they could be infected with COVID-19, according to a survey carried out by Statistic Indonesia (BPS).
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any young people still do not believe they could be infected with COVID-19, according to a survey carried out by Statistic Indonesia (BPS).
The survey shows that 17 of 100 respondents aged 17 to 30 said they did not believe they could be exposed to COVID-19.
"This assumption is very unfortunate, because [many] people still think like that; they don't even believe that COVID-19 exists," Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) chairman Daeng M. Faqih said on Wednesday at the virtual launch of the #PesanPemuda campaign, a program to educate youth on the importance of hygiene, as quoted by tempo.co.
According to Daeng, as long as there has been no COVID-19 positive patient in their circles, they think it is not real. Hence, they flout health protocols.
He went on saying that a lack of sanctions and the notion that the health protocols were ‘troublesome’ explained people’s defiance with regard to health protocols.
IDI member Nadia Alaydrus said young people who felt they were not susceptible to COVID-19 and were reluctant to comply with health protocols assumed they had a strong immune system.
"It could also be because they feel bored and want to return to the normal life [they had] before the pandemic, which makes them reluctant to comply with health protocols," she said.
