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At the same time, the opposite is happening in Italy: from October 15, workers will no longer be able to go to work or receive a salary without a green passport.
Lithuanians from Sweden and Italy spoke about the success of these countries in fighting the pandemic and how locals agree on future changes to the Knowledge Radio program.
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On Wednesday, Sweden lifted all restrictions on managing the pandemic: there will be no more restrictions on restaurants, concerts, sports competitions and recommendations to work from home.
Darius Kvainauskas, president of the Lithuanian youth community in Sweden, said that locals had been waiting for these releases for a long time, which, according to the local government, is possible due to the large number of people vaccinated.
“The Swedes are vaccinating on a relatively large scale, and the Swedish authorities cite this as the main reason we can open at the moment, some European countries are closing.” We currently have 76 percent. people who are fully vaccinated and 84 percent. people over 16 years of age who received at least one dose ”, named D.Kvainauskas.
After September 29, there are no more restrictions in Sweden, only recommendations for unvaccinated people to keep their distance, not to gather in meeting places.
“People not vaccinated have the responsibility not to go, to keep their distance, but nobody is really going to control anything,” he emphasized.
For her part, Rūta Žičkienė, president of the Lithuanian community in Stockholm, points out that in Sweden there are no movements and protests against vaccination as are typical in other European countries.
“People are quite willing to get vaccinated, but there are not very high requirements for vaccination, it is not emphasized that vaccination is a condition, despite traveling abroad.” Vaccination is not a requirement, for example, to go to work.
In this case, although there are skeptics with all kinds of opinions, they do not have much need to speak out loud, so they are not visible ”, explained the Lithuanian Lithuanian.
R.Žičkienė considered that people’s trust in vaccines resides in the Swedish education system.
“I think the secret is that the entire Swedish education system has been science-based for over 100 years. When people who grow up in this system have all these science-based tools, they don’t have a lot of questions, they trust science. ”Said the president of the community.
Sweden has chosen an exceptional strategy since the beginning of the pandemic: unlike other countries, it has not introduced a strict quarantine. R.Žičkienė considered that, as in other countries, mistakes were made, but in principle Sweden could be an example of pandemic management.
“The Swedish authorities themselves admit that they needed to react a little faster from the start. But it is difficult to blame when the situation is new, everyone is afraid, they are lost. That response rate initially would have resulted in fewer deaths in older people. However, as the government continued to deal with this situation, because they were guided by science, it is quite easy to believe in that system and follow it, ”said Rūta.
Antiviral movements – also in Italy
At the time, the opposite was true in Italy. According to Elze Di Meglio, president of the Lithuanian community in Italy, as of October 15, strict measures will be introduced in the country for unvaccinated people.
“Italy, as the country most affected by coronavir in Europe, is tightening conditions. All employees in the public and private sector must have a green passport. Unvaccinated people will not be fired, but without this document they will not be able to go to work. and receive a salary, ”said E. Di Meglio.
According to her, Italians are based on the experience of last year, when medical and educational personnel had to be vaccinated or tested, then the growth in the number of diseases stopped.
Until now Italians have had to wear masks indoors, and this requirement will continue. At that time outdoors, if there is at least one meter away, the use of masks is not mandatory.
“Now with a green passport we could go to museums, theaters, sports clubs, restaurants. From October 15, there will be stricter conditions, everyone will have to have a vaccination certificate or tests,” said the Italian-Lithuanian.
According to her, the tightening was supported by the majority of Italian parties, as well as by the vast majority of Italian citizens, according to polls, from 70 to 80 percent. Italian societies support tightening. Still, there are also antiviral movements in Italy.
“It just came to our attention then. Now there are even threats to block the road. There are protests, but that’s a small percentage of people.
And the members of our community, who are in the circle of acquaintances, are anti-vaccinators who do not want to be vaccinated, but do not want to lose their livelihood – salaries, they choose the vaccine, ”said E. Di Meglio.
According to her, all scehma in Italy vaccinated about 72 percent. persons. With the announcement of a future tightening, the number of people willing to get vaccinated has increased.
In Lithuania, at least one dose greater than 70% was vaccinated. adult population.
