JAKARTA - Head of the Pancasila Ideology Development Agency (BPIP) Yudian Wahyudi said COVID-19 was the real enemy of youth today. To fight it, youth need to strengthen immunity by vaccinating.
This was conveyed by Yudian Wahyudi when giving a speech at the Vaccination Center Collaboration event with the theme "The Role of Youth in the Post-Covid-19 Recovery Strategy", which was uploaded through the BPIP RI YouTube channel, Thursday, October 28.
The problems faced and behind the youths taking the Youth Pledge 93 years ago are different from the problems faced by young people today.
"Now, commemorating Youth Pledge Day, the problems we face are different from the problems at that time, at least in one point. Today in commemoration of Youth Pledge Day, we are facing another enemy called the 'third world war', the name is supernatural beings. COVID-19," said Yudian Wahyudi, quoted from Antara.
He explained that in the past, the younger generation fought against the physical colonialism that had occupied Indonesia for a long time by making three vows. Namely acknowledging the bloodshed of one, namely the Land of Indonesia, one nation, namely the Indonesian nation, and upholding the language of unity, the Indonesian language as an independent nation.
Now, the younger generation in Indonesia is facing an enemy in the form of COVID-19 which is invisible, but can kill those who do not use weapons of war.
In the context of the discussion around the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Yudian Wahyudi, one of the tools of war that can be used by the younger generation and all Indonesian people is medical masks. Masks must be used to avoid transmission of the virus, as well as other health protocols that have been established.
For this reason, in the mass vaccination event which coincided with the 93rd Youth Pledge Day and was held in collaboration between BPIP, Yogyakarta Regional Police, Gadjah Mada University, and UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yudian Wahyudi urged the younger generation to actively play a role in fighting and tackling the COVID pandemic. -19 so that Indonesia will soon rise and be free from the pandemic.
What he conveyed was also related to the theme of the 93rd Youth Pledge Day commemoration, namely "United, Rise, and Grow". The theme contains the spirit of unity and integrity so that young people participate in rising against adversity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the health and economic fields.
"We as the inheritors of the Youth Pledge can take the role of strengthening the body's immunity by vaccination," said Yudian Wahyudi explaining.
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