Beware Of The Second Wave Of COVID-19 Due To Our Carelessness

JAKARTA - Like a war, the greatest attack and defeat will be experienced when we are off guard. This can also happen in our fight against COVID-19. Our negligence can lead to an increase in the number of infections that we have been trying to suppress.

The day after the death of George Floyd, one of the African American men who was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, protests demanding justice and racial equality raged everywhere. United States, United Kingdom, Japan, and many other citizens who enliven the streets. It is feared that the demonstration calling for #BlackLivesMatter will bring a new cluster of COVID-19 transmission. The second wave of the corona virus or COVID-19 is also a threat there.

In The Kojo Nnamdi Show which was broadcast on June 2, 2020, the correlation between protests and the COVID-19 pandemic was also discussed with Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency doctor and professor of public health at George Washington University. The protests that occurred were lacking in the health protocol for COVID-19. The demonstrators crowded into each other, shouted without wearing masks, and exchanged drinks. This pandemic seems unable to stop the US public from voicing the issue of racism. Even though until this article was written, positive cases of COVID-19 today have reached 1,979,893 cases in the US according to the South China Morning Post page.

There are things that we should be aware of that this second wave not only threatens the place where the action takes place, but can also happen because community activities have resumed.

Our country alone, Indonesia, has in recent days received reports of a high increase in new cases. As of today, June 10, positive cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia have reached 1,241 cases. Sadly, since the PSBB began to be relaxed in several regions, positive cases are on the rise. The new face of normalcy turns into a number of new cases.

We as a society must also remain vigilant because the implementation of the transitional PSBB period does not mean that COVID-19 has disappeared. Therefore, health protocols such as wearing masks, maintaining distance and maintaining cleanliness must be carried out to protect oneself from infection. If many of the people are negligent, the possibility of increasing the number of transmission until the second wave of COVID-19 occurs is very possible. Even now, we cannot claim that our country has completed the first wave.

This time, VOI will discuss how dangerous our negligence is to the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking at what is happening in the US and the new normalcy efforts in Indonesia this could lead to a second wave of COVID-19. Please hit the listen button and let us tell the story for you.