An Nisa Patimah Az Zahrah

2017-Paguyuban KSE UIN Jakarta

Being Health in The Middle of COVID-19 Outbreak

A. Introduction
In the middle of COVID 19 outbreak all over the world, the importance of
health is really matter for all human-being. Especially in Indonesia, the amount of
people who is being positive for Corona virus has been increasing since early
March. With this evolving impact of COVID-19 in communities across the
country, many Indonesian people are facing new challenges keeping them from
getting to the office, school, university, gym, grocery store, and even mall. The
need of health is very urgent. All of the society try all kinds of drugs, fruits,
antiseptics, vitamins, equipment, tools to increase their immune system and make
their body healthier. So that is why with this outbreak the health theme for essay is
very interesting.
Based on my opinion, health is when you feel comfortable about your social,
mental, and physical without any worries. The idea of health is not restricted to
physical conditions but is as well being considered to have mental and social
aspects. Personal relationships which incorporates various and appropriate levels
of interaction is considered as a social health. Closely related to social health is
the concept of mental health. As a matter of fact, people can suffer from illness or
disease and yet are still considered to be healthy if they have internal strength and
integrity to cope with the condition. Sadly, the COVID-19 issue influences all
aspects in health such as mental and also social, so I really hope this essay can be
a good insight to be motivated to maintain our health.
B. Content
In my opinion health is the biggest wealth in life as a God’s best gift. It brings
in desired happiness, enjoyment, and pleasure. Health is a given thing in life that
is priceless and can’t be purchased with the money. We might create anything that
can be beneficial for human-being in this world with health in our body. Some
people tend to confuse about why is health so important. For me, health is the
basis for job productivity, the capacity to learn in school and college, and the
capability to grow intellectually, physically, and also emotionally.
According to economic perspective, well-being of individual households,
good population health is a critical input into poverty reduction, economic growth,
and long-term economic development at the scale of society. Poor countries tend
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to be unhealthy and unhealthy countries tend to be poor. Health is a kind of human

capital as well as an input to producing other forms of human capital. Some
people tend to ignore health with various reasons. First, they feel indifferent about
health caused by their routine activity to seek for wealth. This type of people
thinks, their body doesn’t have any right to control their activity. As long as they
can get more money, they won’t spare time to relax their body. The second reason
is because they have a small knowledge about health, so they ignore all the
symptom because they just think their body is healthy enough.
Impact of health for myself is a very huge thing. Your energy level is a
reflection of your overall health and well-being. The more energy I have, the more
I will get done in your day and life. We all have the same amount of time in the
day, so the difference between us can only be the energy we bring into each aspect
of our life. The small example is when I can do jogging and cardio exercise in the
morning of the day and, then I can be more productive to do my college task and
organization stuff at the rest of the day. My body can be refreshed and recharged
with the healthy morning routine. I can arrange my activity wisely and effectively
with my healthy body and mind. The other mental and spiritual impact of health
for me is I can be more grateful for everything that I have and cherish every
moment with family and best friends. All the negativity is gone when your mental
and spiritual is health. For people in Indonesia the impact of health is very
massive. Health is not only a basic human right, but it is most desired. Health is
significant actor in the development of nation, as high levels of population health
go hand in hand with national income. Economic capabilities affect health, as low-
income constraints access to health care and health promoting opportunities.
Equally significantly, ill health limits peoples’ ability to earn higher incomes and
contributes to poverty. As for example, the condition of COVID-19 in Indonesia,
affect the economy sector especially the condition of Indonesian currency stock
value. According to the Morningstar data (28/03), the Indonesian currency has
reached 16.019 rupiah for 1 dollar.
The concept of being healthy is the key now with condition of COVID-19
outbreak. So, as a thoughtful citizen of Indonesia we must get used to apply
healthy life. To start with, they need to be aware on the importance of living a
healthy lifestyle, monitor their food intake, have enough exercise, do more spiritual
activity and learn to manage their stress and emotion properly. One thing that
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people must realize, being healthy is not an option now, but it is a must. Especially,
when we are still at young age, we must have that principle. Having a chronic
illness doesn’t only happen at old age. Now, many young people have been already
diagnosed with many types of chronic disease such as hypertension,
hyperlipidaemia, gout, etc. We also must be realized that old people with their
chronic illness is happened because of their youth is unhealthy. Remember the old
saying, “Prevent is better than cure”. So that is the main value of healthy life.
As a pharmacy student that will become a health professional one day, I have
responsibility to promote health in people around me especially my family and
friends. The thing that I can do is suggest healthy diet and use herbal to prevent the
illness. In pharmacy, I learn about the long-term effect some of drugs can be toxic
for our body. So, I share to my family and friends about the herbal efficacy to heal
a common disease such as flu, cough, fever, etc. with the herbal medicine. I think
it’s a simple thing that I can do with my knowledge. The other thing I do to people
around me is try to be supportive to them when they have bad time or experience
during the day. The initiation that I have done is try to be a good-listener so that
their mental health and spiritual can also be maintain.
C. Closing
The same with my introduction discussing, regarding to the COVID-19 issue.
Within this condition of our beloved country, Indonesia. We as the youth should do
the quarantine period really affectively and obediently. If we have the long holiday
for our college or school, do it properly. Don’t try to meet our friend to hang out.
It’s our time to be productive in home and do the social distancing. There are so
many activities that we can do in our home with our family. It’s the best time for to
take an advantage of internet to develop ourselves such as learning to do public
speaking, speaking new language, practising our hobby, and so on. Youth can give
a big contribution in doing a well-quarantine and spread the positivity through
media social. Maybe to enhance the quality of health of Indonesia is a little bit hard
for now, but with our spirit to be health we can spread this healthy mindset and
soul to the people around Indonesia.

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