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Norway has once again closed the fight against the coronavirus and Prime Minister Erna Solberg is concerned about the consequences for you and me.
– Let’s take a stand against loneliness. We are going to see each other, listen to each other and include ourselves. Let’s share a bit of joy in a difficult time, says Solberg in his speech to the central board of the Conservative Party.
The prime minister also chose to be personal in his speech.
Lonely bride
Loneliness can affect all of us, those we don’t think about or those who seem strong on the outside.
I have an acquaintance. She is well educated, resourceful and good in every way. One day I was talking to her and I asked her if she was okay. I was hoping to hear it was okay. Because that’s what we always say. It is going well. We are fine. But she looked at me, was silent for a moment, and then said, “No, you know what? I’m not feeling well. I have almost no friends. I hang out with almost no one outside of work.
There was a bottomless honesty to the answer. An honesty that deeply impressed me. “
Solberg emphasizes that loneliness also affects health.
– When we are alone, the immune system weakens. We are more prone to disease. Like other mental illnesses, there is still a lot of shame associated with loneliness. It takes courage to say that you are alone. And it’s hard to be brave when you’re not feeling well, says Solberg.
BLIMA!
The Prime Minister believes that adults must now learn from children and youth, who at NRK Super have their own BlimE campaign. This year’s song is called “See You” and is headlined by Victor Sotberg.
– Despite the fact that these days we cannot give the neighbor a hug, we can call and ask how it is going. We can say hello from the window. Turn off a fence talk. And we dance together the BlimE dance in each of our rooms. In this way we can make winter and dark times a little brighter for everyone. This is how we can approach loneliness and melancholy. We need that now.
– And that’s why I say how they do it in NRK Super: Say hello. Be a friend. BlimE, says Solberg.
Create a fast track to privatization
Freedom of choice in the health service
The Prime Minister also discusses health policy, which Conservatives have led by Health Minister Bent Høie for the past seven years.
Solberg points to several examples of people who have benefited from the reform of free-choice treatment, which means that patients can choose between public and private providers in the health service.
– If the Labor Party complies with its policy, with a single provider of home help, it will be impossible to change providers. Torill would have had the right to complain, but he would not have had the right to trade, says Solberg if Torill, the prime minister, were to meet with Dagbladet this fall.
The Prime Minister believes that health policy shows the dividing lines in politics, where the Labor Party wants to reverse what conservatives are calling free choice reforms.
– For Jonas Gahr Støre, I have three questions: Why do you want to take away people’s freedom to choose? Why do you want to incapacitate patients? And why shouldn’t intoxication and psychiatric patients experience the same predictability through the packaging process as cancer patients?
