Protesters  Clash with Police in Australia over Refusing   Vaccination Against Corona

Hundreds of anti-vaccination protesters clashed today, Saturday, with police over refusing vaccination against the Corona pandemic, in Faulkner Park in Melbourne, Australia.

Security personnel tried to prevent the protesters from organizing their protests.

This gathering, interspersed with arrests, is part of what has become known in Australia as "the march of millions against compulsory vaccination against the Coronavirus".

The demonstrations   include many organized protests in several parts of the country against vaccination or what they call "medical coercion", considering that what they are doing is a battle between "good and bad."

And in Sydney, those who refuse to be vaccinated organized a demonstration gathering hundreds of people carrying slogans such as "Herd immunity with vaccines is a scam" and "Your body is your choice."

Similar protests were also witnessed in Brisbane and Adelaide.

Australian authorities fear that anti-vaccination campaigners will influence public opinion, which could damage the vaccination campaign that the government is preparing to launch on Monday.

Victoria’s chief health officer, Brett Sutton, has assured the public that “fervent anti-vaxxers” (vaccination) are a “small minority” as hundreds rallied in capital cities across Australia.

Multiple people were arrested at a Melbourne rally on Saturday amid clashes with the police, while protesters also marched through the Sydney CBD and large groups gathered in Brisbane and Adelaide.

Demonstrators in Melbourne voiced conspiracy theories and rallied “against mandatory Covid vaccinations”, an idea that has already been rejected by the federal government and health experts.

Asked about the rally, Sutton insisted “fervent anti-vaxxers are really in a small minority”.

“They are one and a half, a few percent, maybe, in Australia,” he told reporters. “I’m going to ignore them, frankly, and I would encourage you to do the same.”

Sutton’s comments follow an Australian National University study that found a “significant and substantial” increase in hesitancy since the same people were asked about getting the jab in August 2020.