With Greek flags, religious symbols and chanting “Orthodoxy or Death” thousands of anti-vaxxers gathered at outside the Greek Parliament at Syntagma square on Sunday evening, in the first gathering of this kind after the summer vacations.
The crowd, some 7,500 people, was a heterogeneous crowd of religious fanatics, extreme far-rights, conspiracy theorists and even fascist junta-nostalgics.
A crowd that has fallen victim to claims the vaccines will “alter the famous “Greek DNA” and “make it disappear”, those who believe that the vaccines and the masks are tools of the Antichrist, those who are afraid that they get microchipped together with populist far-right wingers who grabbed the opportunity of the pandemic crisis to gain supporters.
Among them, also isolated sociopaths we meet at the neighborhood supermarket, bank and cafe and wonder why they are not in psychological consultation but walk around free.
One protester was holding a book by the initiator of the 1967 junta coup.
Some were holding a flag with the symbol of neo-nazi Golden Dawn whose leadership is serving sentences in prison.
At some point, when the speeches had finished, a part of the crowd, mostly youth, attacked police with water bottles, stones, fire bombs, sound flares and other items and attempted to climb the stairs to the Parliament.
Police responded with teargas and flash grenades, and operated a water cannon to disperse the angry crowd.
One protester was pictured protecting himself form riot police behind a big icon of Virgin Mary.
At the end of the clashes some 47 protesters found themselves in police detention.
A similar protest rally was held also in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Τhe rally was addressed by pharmacology professor at the Medical School of Thessaloniki, Dimitris Kouvelas, a symbol figure of the anti-vaxx movement in the country. Interesting to note, that the man who claims to consider vaccinations as “harmful” to those not belonging to vulnerable groups and speak of ” exposure to vaccines” told Mega TV on Saturday that he has received both shot of Pfizer vaccine.
PS The organized anti-vaxxers movement in Greece seems to turn more and more political and has little or nothing to do with the fear or insecurity of the vaccine reluctant citizens.
And this is the crowd of anti-vaxxers the government will never persuade to get shots against Covid-19 and this is the crowd that will keep holding hostages the vaccinated citizens.
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Well said KTG in your article about these idiots that will ruin the lives of the rest of us, the intelligent, rational citizens who are not taken in by this mumbo jumbo. Shame on them
The anti vaxxers stick out like a sore thumb on here, don’t they………….., mick!!
What an unholy alliance of groups that would normally “cut” eachothers throuts! Amacing how people can even believe in this kind of “fairytales”. How about using the brain that God gave you!!
Well said, A!
Mika, it is not about the brain, but about the soul that God gives us. People holding holy icons receive strength that overrules the mind! God bless you.
Mika, it is not about the brain, but about the soul that God gives us. People holding holy icons receive strength that overrules the mind! God bless you!
ktg, this is one of the most stupid reports i heard in my life – congratulations. you can’t become more stupid!
Oh dear Mick. I hope you never have to think about how stupid you feel if you catch the virus and end up in hospital, fighting for your life on a ventilator after you have refused the vaccine.
To take away your rights and freedom of choice is NOT a conspiracy it’s a FACT
So, your “freedom and rights” is superior to other peoples (and your own) LIFE??? Strange way of thinking!
Seriously? About half of the population isn’t ready to take something with apparently limited efficiency and with 0 long-term analysis. That’s wisdom. Glad to see that some Church leaders remember their duties. For the people who are scared, they have the option to take the jab, if they think it will protect them. Not everyone is of the same opinion, you don’t need to categorize them as “extremists”. On the other side, the people who are not ready to accept the jabs also thing the pro-jab are extremists, and dangerous, as they can still contaminate others. I am thinking about the children in particular. Wisdom would be to wait much more to have some real feedback before injecting them with these products since they are not in danger at all. In Sweden, schools didn’t close, and you know how many kids died of the Covid-19? No one! Please, let the people live, and die the way they wish. No one is immortal and freedom is more important than anything in this world. That includes freedom to worship, to think, to travel, and to express your opinions, or are you proponents of a totalitarian state “to better protect you”?
I’m 65 years old, thin and physically fit. My philosophy is to put nothing that is not 100% natural in my body, on my body, in my house or in my garden. To some people this may seem extreme, to me it is only good sense. I’m not religious, not political and do not use social media. My IQ is 148. Everything Francesco says is intelligent and well thought out. According to government data 95.2% of deaths are over 70 or have underlying health conditions so please stop this divisive language and let healthy people make their own choices, some may infect each other but you can also die in a car accident, a fire or flood. For those of us who have thought this through logically, none of the measures the government is proposing to ‘punish’ the unvaccinated can ever change the truth of the matter which is, in fact, their own statistics.
you can also die of natural causes once you reach 105 or something.
What are “natural causes”, Mr. KnowItAll ?? Covid-19 is not a natural cause?!
Oh, sh*t! They didn’t invent a vaccine against that yet ???
Sorry, Francesco, you are wrong. They did close a lot of schools in Sweden, most of them acually, during the first part of spring term. Some started to close already in the winter.
Seems like a super spreader event!
If we are winning the covid 19 #’s go down,if we are losing the covid #’s go up.SIMPLE!!! It’s MATH
Christianity today is a composite of humanism and religious faith. Opposing the experimental non vaccines for science reasons, could be motivated by the good component of Christianity. Preferring alternatives that are less dangerous and more effective, is not anti-science. Ivermectin, vitamins, and oxygen therapy are time-tested, safe, and effective. While the mRNA experimental “vaccines” have the highest rate of adverse reactions, by far exceeding averse reactions to all vaccines for the past 30 years (according to the VAERS, which tabulates about 1% of adverse reactions).
There is no way to control who gets to demonstrate, and a lot of people will participate who are not the best exemplars of opposition. Any deficiency in thinking of some participants, is rightly blamed on deficiencies in government schools and culture generally.