Strange Days

We currently hit 1790 cases of COVID-19 here in Indonesia with 170 deaths. A very worrying figure indeed, given that it's been a month since we announced the first two cases. But not surprising, knowing how quickly and easily this virus spreads among people. I'm quite disappointed in the way my country handles all of this. We didn't prepare enough although we have two months to prepare when China announced the cases, and our neighbouring countries were trying hard to contain the situation.

I'm not exactly sure what the government was doing behind the stage these two months. But with the apparent lack of PPEs, masks and other equipment needed to battle the virus, it looks like we didn't prepare enough. Also there was a lack of coherence between the governmental bodies. Between the central, provincial and down to the city governments. Which created a lot of confusion and at times, panic among the people. Also the number of times informations were retracted or corrected.

But the news spread among the people earlier, like wildfire, before they were retracted heh.

For example, on Monday evening we received the news on WhatsApp that among the 300 positive rapid-testing results in West Java, my hometown (Sukabumi) has the highest number. It was so surprising because people expected places like Depok or Bekasi, which are nearer to Jakarta to have the highest. But nope, it's my hometown. Then the news was retracted because it's still rapid-testing and not PCR testing, thus we cannot confirm whether they are really positive. But news, has, spread.

And then today we receive an update to the news that it's not highest in 300, but there are 300 positive rapid-testing results. The cases are found in a police academy here in my hometown. It started from 7 students who tested positive, and from the result of rapid testing of other students in the school, they found 300 cases positive from rapid-testing. And now they're being tested using PCR, to confirm the result. And if they indeed test positive, then we'll have a big jump in cases. In my hometown.

Rice has turned into porridge now (Indonesian proverb ftw) and we can't turn back time. The only thing we can do now is to protect ourselves and others. Keep our body and mind fit and just do whatever we can do to protect us from the virus! I know the rate of infection is worrying but there are still things we can do to protect ourselves. Practising good hygiene, social distancing, and keeping ourselves healthy.

I saw this from a video once: Instead of worrying whether we'll catch the SARS-nCoV-2 virus or not, live with the mindset that we will get it. But with the knowledge that there are things we can do to prevent ourselves from getting the virus. And yeah. This mindset kinda prepares me for things. Although please no I don't want to get the virus hahaha. Neither do I want other people to!

Alright I still have more things to talk about. But I'll stop here for now, was just taking a break cause I've been busy every night for the past week. End of month things. Tomorrow is the final leap and I hope to blog more about this whole strange days stuff. Take care and stay safe everyone!

Also holy Apples it's April already :O