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Visitors take the rapid COVID-19 tests provided by the Bogor City Health Agency at the Bogor Botanical Garden in West Java on November 1 (Antara / Arif Firmansyah via The Jakarta Post / Asia News Network)
JAKARTA – Some residents of Greater Jakarta still believe that the COVID-19 pandemic is “a conspiracy formulated by global elites,” academics from the University of Indonesia (UI) have revealed.
The academics, who are members of the Cluster Innovation and Governance Research Team (CIGO), collaborated with the Tanoto Foundation on a survey to study how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the public in terms of their stance towards the economic recession, as well like your shopping habits during the health crisis.
The survey was conducted from September 14-30 with 772 respondents from Greater Jakarta.
UI spokeswoman Amelita Luisa said the results showed that 21 percent of those surveyed, or 150 people, believed that COVID-19 was a conspiracy created by members of the global elite.
“Most are from Bogor [West Java], or 24.1 percent, and from Jakarta, or 22.5 percent, ”he was quoted as saying by kompas.com on Friday.
She went on to say that the majority of respondents who believed in the COVID-19 conspiracy hoax were between 25 and 40 years old, had a middle school or high school level education, and a monthly expense of around Rp 2.5 million (US $ 175).
“This research also found that the majority of these respondents believed that the disease was only dangerous for older people and people with underlying conditions,” Amelita said.
The study also revealed that some respondents still did not know how to use a mask correctly, although they were aware that they had to comply with health protocols.
“We recommend that the government intensify its surveillance policy, such as tracing, testing and treatment, considering that Indonesia continues to record a growing number of new COVID-19 cases every day,” said research leader Eko Sakapurnama.
The survey also showed that during the epidemic so far, respondents spent more on food and less on the secondary and tertiary sectors, which include travel, transportation, automotive, and jewelry.
Meanwhile, Indonesia recorded more than 4,000 new COVID-19 cases in two days last week: on Thursday with 4,065 cases and on Saturday with 4,262 cases.
As of Saturday, the country has recorded 433,386 confirmed cases, including 364,417 recoveries and 14,540 deaths.
Meanwhile, data shared by the national COVID-19 task force shows that many vacationers neglected health protocols during a recent long weekend and as the country entered the eighth month of the pandemic.
The task force’s head of information and data technology, Dewi Nur Aisyah, told a virtual press conference on Wednesday that he had received more reports of health protocol violations over the long weekend of October 28 to October 1. November compared to normal days.
The reports were submitted by field officers, including the Indonesian Army (TNI), the National Police and the Public Order Agency (Satpol PP), in 407 regencies and cities, as well as in each of the 34 provinces.
According to the data, around 600,000 violations of the health protocol were recorded in tourist places during the long rest.
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