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CORONAVIRUS – Dodger Stadium, converted into a massive Covid-19 vaccination center by the city of Los Angeles, was blocked this Saturday, January 30 by protesters opposed to the vaccine.
About fifty people were enough to condemn the entrance to the parking lot of this famous stadium which has been trying, since mid-January, to protect 12,000 people a day by injecting them with a first dose of the product created by Pfizer-BioNTech to fight against the coronavirus.
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Today, anti-vaccination protesters marched to Dodger Stadium, which is currently serving as one of the largest vaccination sites in the nation. LAFD and CORE temporarily closed the gates & paused vaccinations. A long line of cars built up. pic.twitter.com/pwGE1yUcuW
— Emily Holshouser (@emilyytayylor) January 30, 2021
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Some anti-vax protesters shut down Covid vaccination site at #DodgerStadium for about an hour. Firefighter tells me they were blocking cars and screaming at people in line to get vaccinated, most of whom are elderly. LAPD made them get on sidewalk. No arrests. @KNX1070pic.twitter.com/xmyQOIx9Rs
— Emily Valdez, KNX 1070 (@EmilyValdezKNX) January 31, 2021
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The firefighters have in fact preferred to close access to the vaccination site, one of the largest in the whole country, as a precaution between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. in the face of these anti-vaccine demonstrators or from the extreme right who are there. were given an appointment in order to ask those present not to be stung.
Hundreds of Americans, who had lined up for hours in their cars to be vaccinated, found themselves stranded, reports the Los Angeles Times.
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We’re at the mass vaccination site at Dodger Stadium to get my mom the vaccine. The anti–vax protestors have approached the entrance to the site. The LAPD have now closed the gate. We have been sitting here for about half an hour. Nobody is moving. pic.twitter.com/GrJPA5wrqx
– Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) January 30, 2021
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“Save your soul, turn around”, “Take off your mask”, or even “CNN lies to you” were among the messages written on their signs, notes the daily which specifies that the interruption did not cause any violence or arrest.
The police assured for their part that the delay caused by the closing of the gates would be made up during the day and that the appointments of all the patients would be honored.
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