Next week, on Wednesday the 29th, Sweden intends to lift the last of the corona restrictions, like how many people are allowed at various kinds of events, and in restaurants etc. This weekend, in Borås, felt a bit like a "dress rehearsal", with the autumn market still reduced to around 1/4 of its usual size - and yet definitely feeling crowded compared to anything I've seen in the last 1½ years. For my own part, I decided I'm not yet feeling ready to venture in among market stalls - so just snapped a couple of street photos from the outskirts.
It does look pretty crowded. So how are you feeling about the restrictions being lifted, do you think it is the right time?
ReplyDeleteGinny, for my own part I'm of rather cautious nature, but thankfully decisions on the national level are not up to me :)
Deletewe do what you do, even though we have been off restrictons for all of this year. we still wear mask if we go in a shop and distance and don't do crowds. our doctor offices all require a mask but most others do not. we do everything we should and still got the variant. we are staying away for crowded places and no eating inside a resturant
ReplyDeleteSandra, 75% of our population over 16 have now got two doses of the vaccine, and 83% have got at least one, so I guess that's the main reason they think it's time to skip the restrictions to do with how many people allowed in for example restaurants, shops, theatres, churches, sports arenas etc. Masks have not been mandatory here except indoors in certain places like waiting rooms and public transport.
DeleteI'm thrilled Sweden is lifting it's restrictions. I'm still often in the minority wearing my mask in public, though our governor has asked everyone to continue to wear them in enclosed places. I was in an open-air slightly enclosed restaurant the other day, and that's as close as I'll get to unmasking.
ReplyDeleteBarbara, masks have not been used here to the extent that they have in many other countries - mandatory only in health care contexts and in places like airports and public transport. The main strategy here has been keeping distance. You see very few people here wearing masks in the street. I have worn them in waiting rooms, and if I've needed to go into shops that have seemed a bit too crowded for my liking; but that's about it. As far as possible, I've just avoided places with a lot of people. (Including restaurants.)
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