Covid-19 Vaccine: The Challenge of Herbal Medicine Community Belief in a Developing Country

Abstract

The first case of COVID-19 was officially confirmed by Indonesian government on the last March 2020. In fact, traditional or herbal medicine have a big influence on people’s decisions about their health. Hereby, the information about COVID-19 vaccine should get a place in peoples’ heart and mind.

Susceptibility to COVID-19 Nutrition Misinformation and Eating Behavior Change during Lockdowns: An International Web-Based Survey

“…A January to April 2020 online content review documented fallacious claims about many of these substances, ingredients, and alleged herbal remedies, in many instances disseminated as ‘recommendations’ to the public [ 3 ]. This likely precipitated misinformed beliefs and a potential false sense of security to combat COVID-19, as noted in later accounts around the world associating homeopathic, complementary, and alternative medicine usage or predilection to vaccine hesitancy [ 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 ] and a greater reluctance to follow official safety guidelines such as social distancing, hand sanitation, and face-mask wearing [ 95 , 96 ]. Cow-urine drinking parties and smearing advice to fight the novel coronavirus were deemed a public health concern in India [ 97 , 98 ], not only due to escalating COVID-19 contagion risk from the resulting large group gatherings, but also because of the potential transmission of infectious agents and diseases from bovine excretions.…”