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Monday 02 November 2020
Boris Palmer is known for taking controversial paths. In the Corona crisis, he is now taking an example from Sweden and calling on the citizens of Tübingen to take responsibility. However, there is a big difference from the Scandinavian model.
In view of the growing number of corona infections, Tübingen Mayor Boris Palmer has asked his city’s older people not to use the city bus, among other things. “Like Sweden, Tübingen’s appeal is based on personal responsibility and special protection for the elderly,” he told the “Bild” newspaper. In the pandemic, Sweden had relied mainly on voluntary precautionary measures, which were primarily aimed at older citizens. Palmer had criticized the federal and state restrictions in recent days.
The Swedish way of dealing with the coronavirus is very controversial. In the first half of the year, the country suffered a very high number of deaths in relation to its population. The Tübingen Appeal, which Palmer signed together with the Mayor of Tübingen Cord Soehlke and the Mayor Daniela Harsch, as well as the district president of the Red Cross and the medical director of the University Clinic of Tübingen, unlike Sweden, is based on voluntary behavioral measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the measures since Monday. mandatory restrictions as part of the partial blockade throughout Germany.
“So that we can achieve the expected containment of the coronavirus with the deprivations now decided, we want to appeal to all of you not only to respect the new rules, but to go one step further,” said the appeal to the population of Tübingen. The need for each contact must be verified. Seniors must take essential trips in a shared taxi, Palmer says. “We ask everyone who is fit enough not to use the bus, but the bicycle, even if it is colder now,” the appeal said.
Furthermore, the young people of Tübingen should not go shopping between 9:30 and 11 in the morning and leave this time for the elderly. All Tübingen people over 65 must also receive high-quality FFP2 masks free of charge.
