New
Normal is not really normal
Coronavirus disease or
COVID-19 is an infection disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus that
emerged in China in December 2019 and spread to other countries, including
Indonesia. This virus can lead to severe respiratory
problems, kidney failure or death. Nowdays, coronavirus spread up
increasingly in the world. Recorded on June 10 2020, about 34.316 confirmed
covid cases, 12.129 people were cured and 1.959 people died. Meanwhile,
recorded around 7.347.812 cases of covid in the
world, 3.5 million people recovered and 414.258 people died. The
covid-19 outbreak spread rapidly, far worse than in the case of Sars who were
both a corona virus family in 2003.
This pandemic are
affecting human life, especially in the economic field. During the pandemic,
the Indonesian economy was getting worse, This decrease was felt fairly evenly
across all socio-demographic categories. Due to Jakarta Post ( 6’May),
Indonesia is heading into the weekest growth since the 1998-1999 Asian
Financial Crisis. The country's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.97 percent
year-on-year (yoy) in the first three months of the year as household spending
and investment growth slowed amid the coronavirus outbreak. The growth is
weaker than the government’s, the central bank’s and economists’ projections of
around 4 percent.
Due to the facts, the government
issued a new policy that is the application of "New Normal" until
vaccine is found. This policy is applied to restore productivity and save the economy.
But in reality, the application of new normal in Indonesia is still not
effective, corona cases are increasing badly, things are getting worse. New
normal doesn’t mean that we have to make peace with the virus, new normal is
not really normal life.
New normal is aimed at
the economic sector not others. Due to wikipedia, the new normality is a term
in business and economics that refers to financial conditions after the
2007-2008 financial crisis, the 2008-2012 global recession, and the COVID-19
pandemic (Wikipedia). But most people
misconception about this, we think that new normal means making piece with the
virus, massively with what happened. This concept bring us in neglect of health
protocols, ignoring system, because we think we are safe.
According to WHO, one
of the new normal requirements is that the community is truly educated,
involved and strengthened to live in a new 'normal' condition. How about our
people?. Before we talk about that let’s see the data, since the new normal
life took effect on June 1, Indonesia broke the world record with 1000
confirmed people per day, getting worst. Corona curves in some regions continue
to increase sharply, does this indicate that Indonesia is still not ready for
new normal?. However, ready or not the goverment must apply the policy for urge
reasons.
Finally, society must
understand well the meaning of new normal. It’s to restore the national economy
not really normal life. We have to be aware of corona exist which can lurk our
life anytime and anywhere. Our awareness is shown by staying at home if there
is no interest, always maintaining health and cleanliness, and of course following
the goverment system. Remember, that the key of success to cut corona spread is
come from us, not government, not the rules, not the system, but from us as
society.
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