We are not allowed to travel, we are not allowed to party and we are not vaccinated

It will be a demanding fall. We could well start with a few references.

«FHI recommended that as many events as possible move outdoors. Then I looked out the window.

Bergen’s notoriously rainy fall is by no means an ideal setting for living with a pandemic, something the township’s medical director, Trond Egil Hansen, laconically commented during a Tuesday afternoon press conference.

Outside of the exterior, Bergen must endure a number of new crown measures in the future.

It will be a demanding fall.

We might as well start with a bit of refs.

Vacation releases, trips abroad and sponsors’ attachments have triggered an acute outbreak of the infection.

This summer, Syden’s planes flew all day to get home before the quarantine deadline. The opening of the borders was hasty and unnecessary.

No matter how educational leaders unravel: student parties should have stopped.

The national ban on alcoholic beverages has hit the nightlife economy hard and helped move drunkards into private homes and caves, where no one takes control or responsibility.

Buses and light rail sometimes it has been so crowded that it is impossible to maintain the subway.

Everyone agrees that mass testing is the most important measure to prevent infection. But in Bergen, the systems are so far behind that it has taken up to a week to test.

All this has led where we are now: 14 hospitalized, more than a thousand infected, more than a hundred health workers in quarantine and another death by corona in a nursing home.

“You must have good reasons to travel to Bergen,” sums up the director of the Norwegian Health Directorate, Bjørn Guldvog.

It took a while He mobilized before the town hall, but on Tuesday they put crisis personnel.

Until at least September 18, daily life in Bergen will be characterized by this:

• Prohibition of more than ten people in private meetings.
• Public events can have a maximum of 50 participants.
• Restaurants and bars should include visitors.
• Restrictions on visits to nursing homes and health institutions.
• Nozzles are recommended for public transportation when there is congestion, and when as many people as possible should have a home office.

Many of these measures are both sensible and correct.

The central office will relieve pressure on public transport and prevent the exchange of infections on the bus and train.

Comprehensive restaurant and nightclub visitor lists are absolutely essential for effective infection detection. It’s really amazing that no such measure has been introduced until now.

‘I’m feeling more secure and I might find myself looking like Hannibal Lecter, ”a bus passenger tells BA.

Aesthetics, of course, is subordinate to the issue of face masks. But there is still uncertainty about the effect, and face masks actually go against their purpose if used incorrectly.

If the goal is to prevent public transportation from becoming a hotbed of infection, it would be better for everyone to place significantly more vehicles during rush hour and to prevent people from walking when it is crowded.

It is worse the consequence for cultural life, which is constantly greatly affected in relation to others and in relation to the effect of measures.

The industry has already been affected by the national ban on alcoholic beverages, which brings all customers to Cinderella time every night.

Cutting down from 200 to 50 visitors is brutal for anyone trying to monetize the performing arts.

‘We have had half years with a crown, and they still have not managed to maintain a minimum of communication with the industry ”, says Sølvi Rolland, theater director of Ole Bull Scene.

“If the move had been professionally justified, we would have understood it,” Harmonien CEO Bernt Bauge tells BA.

The point of the city’s cultural leaders on major issues with many of the plague measures, namely token policies, poor justifications, and weak internal logic.

The maximum number of 50 people applies regardless of how much space is in the room, although there is a big difference between Småscenen and Grieghallen. The restrictions do not apply to swimming pools or gyms, although such activities carry as much risk as theater.

Such logical shortcomings are demoralizing and contribute to defiance and rebellion rather than the necessary support for measures.

We are not allowed to go to parties, we are not allowed to travel, we are not allowed to visit and we are not vaccinated immediately.

As we spread our hands, keep our distance, and wait for better times, the conclusion is the same as ever:

The plague is tough enough As it stands, measures must be well founded, precise and necessary.

That is the task of politicians to convince. So far, they have not quite succeeded.