COMMUNITY PERCEPTION OF MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION AND EXPERT TERMS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID-19
The outbreak of the Covid-19 outbreak divided the community into several categories based on their level of understanding of the disease caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus or better known as Covid-19. Coronavirus or covid-19 has actually begun to be identified in the mid-1960s. However, Coronavirus at that time, generally only caused a common fever. Coronavirus began to become a deadly infection after zoonotic coronaviruses first infected humans in February 2003 which caused SARS (severe acute repiratory syndrome) that spreads through cats. The spread of SARS as a pandemic was followed by the H7N7 and H5N1 viruses known as bird flu in March 2003, H1N1 known as swine flu in 2009 and the Middle East Repiratory Syndrome (MERS) which began to spread in 2012 through camels (Webby and Webster, 2003 ; Fukuda, 2013; ECDC). Until the end of 2019 until now, the world was shocked by the spread of a new type of corona virus (novel coronavirus) carried by the SARS-CoV2 virus under the name COVID-19 (McCloskey and Heymann, 2020).
The emergence of this outbreak certainly causes a variety of perceptions from the community itself. According to the psychological dictionary, perception is the process of recognizing or knowing objects with the help of the senses, awareness of organic processes, tichener / a sensing group with the addition of meanings derived from past experience, Intuitive awareness of direct truth or beliefs that necessarily about something, variables that hinder or intervene, comes from the ability of organizations to make a distinction between stimulants (Chaplin, 2005).
The results of a survey conducted by the Social Panel for Disaster consisting of disaster researchers from IPSK LIPI, UI, UGM, ITB, U-INSPIRE, and JBK Indonesia show that in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, there are still many residents who plan to go home during Eid al-Fitr holiday. Going back and forth across the city and province is happening faster this year. Not just a cultural factor, but the loss of employment amid this extraordinary event eventually forced residents to return to their hometown earlier than in previous years. as evidenced by a survey conducted by the Social Disaster Panel Team that portrays the public perception of inter-regional mobility and the use of transportation modes on 28-30 March 2020.
Characteristics of respondents are divided into several parts, namely from the gross amount of 5,173 respondents to 3,853 respondents. Respondents from outside the island of Java were recorded as much as 28.86%, while those originating from the island of Java alone were 71.14%. This starts from the age of 15-40 years which is presented to be 77.05%. Their activities are also different, from those who have worked there are 54.78%, still as much as 37.8% of schools, and those with diplomas and above are 61.39% .
Almost all respondents know the group that is vulnerable to contracting the virus Covid-19 (98.05%) and healthy people can be carriers (98.6%), the elderly and people with chronic (chronic) diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and lung disease – the lungs are at a higher risk of developing this virus more seriously.
The survey results stated that as many as 43.78% of respondents planned to go home to their hometowns, 69.06% reasoned going home to celebrate Eid with their families, and 60.88% reasoned going home for a joint vacation.
A survey from Etnomark Consulting found that as many as 47 percent of respondents said they were laypersons. The respondent referred to as “The Layman” in his daily life did not dig deeper into their understanding of Covid-19. This result is slightly different from 45% of respondents who suddenly claim to be experts or “The sudden expert”. Respondents who claim to be experts as experts are categorized as people who in a short time seek information and better understand the ins and outs of the disease and the medical side and the impact of Covid-19.
Brand Consultant and Ethnographer Director of Etnomark Consulting, Amalia E. Maulana explained that groups who feel themselves lay, those who do not explore much about Covid-19. They are also vulnerable to becoming victims of hoax news because they do not have enough knowledge base. But they will feel safe when there is an experimental group near them, because they will tell which hoaks are facts. Meanwhile, groups who claim themselves suddenly as experts are those who fulfill the curiosity about Covid-19 by googling or talking about this topic constantly. They are called extra miles in searching for info, but not the original expert which has a medical background. Meanwhile, as many as 7% of respondents were categorized as experts or “The real expert”. This category is indeed made up of people