LOS ANGELES – One of the largest vaccination sites in the country closed its doors on Saturday when dozens of protesters blocked entry, blocking many motorists who had been queuing for hours, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The Los Angeles Fire Department closed the front of the Dodgers Stadium Vaccination Center around 2 p. m. . m, Pacific Time, as a precautionary measure, the paper said.
The protesters had members of anti-vaccine and far-right groups, the Times reported, some of whom had symptoms reporting the Covid-19 vaccine and yelling at others not to get vaccinated.
There were no incidents of violence, according to the Times.
“This is absolutely false,” said Germán Jáquez, who had left his home in La Verne, about 32 miles east, and had been waiting an hour for his vaccination when the stadium gates were closed, said some of the protesters. they were telling other people online that coronavirus is not genuine and that vaccination is dangerous.
One official said firefighters planned to reopen the vaccination site around 3 p. m. m. The site is open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
An article on social media described the demonstration in capital letters as the “protest opposed to fraud/march. “He begged participants to “please avoid dressing in Trump/MAGA clothing because we need them to resonate with the sheep. “There are no flags yet, just informational symptoms.
“This is an opportunity to share and a march opposite any COVID, vaccines, PCR tests, locks, masks, [Dr. Anthony] Fauci, [Bill] Gates, [Gavin, Governor of California] Newsom, China, Digital Tracking, etc. . “