Despite the green mark: gyms will not open | Israel today

Business owners have announced that they will continue to close the institutes, so as not to create discrimination between those who have been vaccinated and those who have not • "The Ministry of Health has created a mess, demand a clear outline"

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  Dudu Greenspan

Many gyms are not going to open their gates this coming Sunday, after a long struggle on their part after they closed following the Corona crisis.

The person who announced the non-opening of the gyms is the organization of business owners in the sports and fitness industry in Israel, which calls for non-discrimination between those who have been vaccinated and those who have not.

More than 650 business owners in the gym industry have signed a petition, and they do not intend to open the gyms, including: Great Shape, Studio C, Profit and Matty.

This is because, according to them, there is not yet an outline for the field.

According to the green label, those who can enter the gyms are only vaccinated and recovering.

The networks that decided to open as part of the outline received a lot of criticism on social media following the intention to include only customers who were vaccinated.

Did not issue regulations in the government and actually made us the cops of the government.

It's really hard

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Yaron Sela, CEO of Great Shape, told "Israel Today": We are more than 650 business owners who do not open. The reason is that until yesterday there is no outline for the way to open. We still do not know how to check who has a green passport and who does not, With our subscribers who have a medical problem getting vaccinated.

"About 30 percent of our instructors are not vaccinated. That means they have to bring a test every 48 hours. Which instructor will pay NIS 100 every two days? They laughed at me on the phone. As far as they are concerned, they are still in labor, so we have no manpower.

Most of the instructors, ie about 70 percent, are already in the vaccination process and many will complete the second vaccination in two weeks. "

The Ministry of Health is aware that there will be technical faults, and they asked those who are not stressed to go to the gyms or shows, to wait with the download of the green sign app until everything works out.

Minister Yuli Edelstein said at the launch of the green label: “In the first two weeks we will be running.

Not everything will go smoothly. "

Great Shape CEO was furious at this, saying: “The health minister is telling me to open the business on Sunday and telling my clients not to go there, while I have to pay rent and pay my employees?

All crisis management is conducted in one big breach.

We were closed for nine months and now we have to quarrel with the property owners.

In the event that we open, we will have 30% revenue on 100% expenses.

Some employees tell us we can not know if they have been vaccinated, and now we are forced to quarrel with customers.

For example, what happens if the father is vaccinated and his 14-year-old son is not?

Why do I become the guard?

That the government will issue regulations and then it will be under the decisions of the Israeli government. "

He added: "I am personally immunized and so are my family members. My job is not to outline the government's policy. If the government has decided to pass regulations in the government, then let them know that it is their decision and not a Great Shape decision for that matter. At 11:00 a constitutional committee on these things and it was postponed to Sunday at 10:00. So how can I open at 6:00? ". 

What will happen to your customers' appointments?

"All of our customers 'subscriptions are frozen even on these days and they will get all the services. It includes all the networks. It's not the customers' fault."

Do you think customers in the field in your industry should be vaccinated compared to other fields that do not?

"I think that is the opinion of the government and it should decide. They get all the data. If they decide that everyone should be vaccinated, I will keep the law, as I closed all the time the government demanded to close the industry.

“However, it is a disgrace that they have turned a 50 sqm street shop without a green sign with entry for 10 people.

This is while we that our size is 1500 square meters with a person's entrance to 15 meters, we do have to put people according to the green mark. I do not set you the policy. I am at the end a law-abiding citizen, but as of now no regulations have been set And let us quarrel with everyone.

The Ministry of Health told the people: Go get vaccinated so you can enter the gym.

Become cannon fodder and candy.

The difference between going to shows that also include his green daughter to the gyms, is ours have subscribers who are years with us.

I change their lifestyle.

It has a lot of emotions in it.

The connection between the instructors and the customers is a personal connection. "

The organization of business owners in the sports and fitness industry in Israel stated: “The body is a body that unites hundreds of businesses from the fields of gyms, studios and organized physical activity and represents the businesses in the industry legally.

The organization has operated throughout the Corona crisis in full coordination with government and health ministries and has never advised members of the organization to take the law into their own hands and act contrary to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and the purple mark.

"Representatives of the organization have met many times with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and his office and clarified that the green passport outline exposes owners of the fitness business, studio and swimming pools to lawsuits and harsh negative publicity from clients and staff who have not yet been vaccinated and will not be allowed to enter training facilities."

They added: "It is clear that without proper regulation, any green label outline is illegal and inapplicable and therefore, the green passport outline creates illegal and immoral selectivity and will certainly lead to serious violations and non-compliance with Ministry of Health recommendations or regulations on businesses choosing to open their business on Sunday." .