It's back on with the masks and keeping a one meter distance again

Despite most adults here in Norway being fully vaccinated, there has been a surge of covid infection going around in society this fall and it's gotten to a point where our politicians made a press conference declaring new regulations and restrictions, telling us to start wearing face masks in public again, keep a one meter distance and only hug close family members and those within your own household. The handshake is once again being replaced by the elbow bump and it seems we are almost back to square one again...sigh. The politicians did say that we can still attend events such as shows and concerts as long as we register at the door with our names but there's not a mandate for covid passports yet, although it's been up for discussion. So it's not a full lockdown, they say they try to keep society as open as possible but still have some restrictions in place in order to flatten this fourth wave we're finding ourselves in right now. I see why they're doing this but it's also understandable how some people are sick of all of this and they more or less went back to how they used to live pre-covid when Norway re-opened back in September. We're not out of the woods yet and if we follow these regulations, chances are we can have all our loved ones gathered for Christmas and far fewer hospitalization cases too.