The Government Seems To Have To Find Other Reasons To Open Cinemas Amid The Pandemic

Wiku Adisasmito (Source: BNPB Public Relations)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has received permission to reopen the cinema. Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, said that consideration was taken to fight the corona virus. Watching a movie in the cinema is clearly a joy. However, making it a way to fight COVID-19 is another matter. Wiku may need to find another reason.

"Because the people's immunity can also be increased because of the happiness or the mental physical atmosphere of the audience and the community. Cinema is one of the contributors to this in the context of dealing with COVID-19," said Wiku at the BNPB Building, East Jakarta, Wednesday, August 26. .

Society questions. Even the epidemiologist at Griffith University, Australia, Dicky Budiman, called Wiku making it up. There is no scientific basis whatsoever in Wiku's statement.

"Regarding immunity, watching movies is then linked to a pandemic, I have not found any literature that strengthens that argument. In the history of the pandemic, the fact that there is currently happiness is not something that has a direct impact on pandemic control efforts," said Dicky, contacted by VOI. , Thursday, August 27th.

Dicky took the example of the top ten happiest countries in the world which turned out to be helpless from the impact of virus transmission. “The happiest country in the world, Scandinavia, is also experiencing COVID-19. In fact, Sweden, which is in the top ten (happiest countries), has a high mortality rate. So the basis is not right, "he added.

COVID-19 in happy countries

We looked at data related to a list of the happiest countries in the world and how COVID-19 was impacted on those countries. The World Happiness Report 2020 ranks Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, New Zealand, Austria and Luxembourg as the ten happiest countries in the world.

Based on this data, we found five countries with the highest rates of COVID-19 transmission. The first rank is Sweden. In fact, the Viking country has a transmission rate of 87,072 people, with 5,817 cases dying.

In second place, the Netherlands, has a transmission rate of 68,114 people, with 6,215 deaths. Followed by Switzerland, which is in third place, with a transmission rate of 40,645 people, and 1,723 cases of death.

Austria, which is the fourth happiest country, recorded a transmission rate of 26,361 people, with a death toll of 733. Lastly, is the country that is Denmark, which is the second happiest country. Denmark has a recorded infection rate of 16,901 people, with 334 deaths.

The rest, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Luxembourg had small transmission rates, from 1,702 to 10,000 cases. Based on the data above, the government's statement is raw. Eric Weiner, in the book The Geography of Bliss (2008) has explained these two perspectives.

In the book, Eric tells of his adventures around the world. He delves into the secrets of the happiness of the happiest countries in the world. His findings actually reveal, "Many of the happiest countries also have high suicide rates," it wrote.

"Or this discovery: People who attend religious services report being happier than those who don't, but the happiest nations are secular nations. And, oh, the United States, the most powerful country in the world, is not a superpower of happiness. Many other nations who is happier than the US, "said Eric.