By: Raza Rahardian) *
The national corona vaccination program must be successful 100% if we want to get out of the pandemic phase. Therefore, the government asks the press to play a role in the vaccination campaign, because the media have a big influence on society. In addition, millennials are also expected to support vaccinations, so that this program will be successful.
When the Sinovac vaccine landed in Indonesia, the public cheered for joy, because there was new hope of ending the Covid-19 pandemic. Vaccinations have been started since mid-January, and will be carried out gradually. It is planned that this program will be carried out for a year, because Indonesia’s population reaches 220 million, so they have to queue for the injection turn.
To make the national corona vaccination successful, the government asked journalists to take part. Because they are the spearhead of news dissemination in society, they are obliged to support this program. The news that is presented must always be pro corona vaccination.
The Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly stated that the press must still be able to play an important and positive role in conveying information to the public. One of them is related to the covid-19 vaccination program. He also asked for support from the press to explain to the public how important vaccines are.
Persa plays an important role in the success of the corona vaccination, because people will believe the efficacy of vaccines when reading news about the success of this program. The Sinovac vaccine has proven effective in rejecting the covid-19 virus, and has passed the BPOM test. As well as getting an MUI halal certificate. So the press should not even report the opposite.
Then, Yasonna also asked the press not to participate in spreading hoaxes about the corona vaccine, because it would mislead the public. In that sense, the power of the media is very powerful, so that you don’t write wrong and only copy fake news from foreign sites. When the media write about hoaxes, people will be afraid of being vaccinated.
This is very terrible because if the corona vaccination program fails, herd immunity will not be formed, aka group immunity. In fact, according to doctor Wiku Adisasmito, spokesman for the Covid Task Force, group immunity is very important so that all of us are free from the pandemic. In that sense, the press should not just write hoaxes just because they are tempted to click bait .
Apart from the press, millennials also support corona vaccinations. Because in addition to mandatory injections, they can also campaign for the success of this program. Millennials are very creative in creating campaigns on social media and as a result there will be many people who want to be vaccinated. Because they believe in the effectiveness of the Sinovac vaccine.
Millennials can campaign on social media such as Twitter and Instagram and create positive content about the national corona vaccination. Content can be in the form of posters, tweets and invitations to be vaccinated against netizens throughout Indonesia. There are also memes and other creations calling for vaccinations.
There is also a twibbon alias frame that frames millennial profile photos, which is available on the official website. Millennials are busy editing photos with twibbons containing writing about invitations to be vaccinated. So that his FB friends will also want to make the national corona vaccination successful.
Millennials feel proud and dare to be vaccinated, because they want to be healthy and free from the Covid-19 virus. Because if the pandemic continues, it will be very difficult. Schools and lectures must be online and minimal in-person interaction. So that it will reduce the ability to socialize.
The press and millennials both play an important role in the success of the national corona vaccination. They understand that this program is very important to get the Indonesian people out of the painful pandemic phase, because there is herd immunity . Hopefully this vaccination is 100% successful and we are all corona free.
) * The author is a contributor to Pertiwi Media
