Fight breaks out at Vancouver, British Columbia protest calling for the return of mask mandates.
Fight Breaks Out Over Mask Mandates | Newsweek | Matthew Impelli:
August 29, 2023 - "A protest in Vancouver calling on heath officials to reinstate mask mandates ended with a fight between three people.... 'A fight broke out at a Vancouver, Canada protest demanding the return of Covid masking,' conservative journalist Andy Ngo wrote on X, formerly Twitter, sharing a video of the altercation.
"In the video, supporters of the protest can be seen lined up holding signs outside of BC Minister of Health Adrian Dix's office, calling for mask mandates to be reinstated in the province. As the video continues, three men can be seen fighting near the end of the line of protesters. One of them said that a man not seen wearing a mask attacked another, who is wearing a mask. The altercation ends shortly afterward as one of the men involved is seen running away.... Newsweek reached out to the Vancouver Police Department via email for more information.
[From my own observation of the video: two masked men are seen fighting with an unmasked man who (as identified in later news reports) was a counter-protester calling for defunding the CBC. The two masked protesters knocke him to the ground, where one pinned him, while the other took his sign and ran off with it; at which point the other protester let him up, but held on to him to keep him from chasing after the protester who'd taken his sign. - gd, Sept. 7]
"The fight comes as several places in the U.S. have announced a return to masking requirements amid a slight increase in COVID-19 cases and the emergence of two new variants.... Several hospitals and health care systems such as Auburn Community Hospital, United Health Services and Kaiser Permanente announced that mask mandates were returning for employees, patients and visitors.
"The protest in Vancouver this week was organized by the DoNoHarm advocacy group.... Newsweek reached out to DoNoHarm via email for comment."
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/fight-breaks-out-over-mask-mandates-1823185
Vancouver anti-mask protest turns into fight | The Independent | August 30, 2023:
[The Independent's headline is misleading. I have left a comment on their YouTube page - gd]
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