Hundreds protest COVID vaccinations in Brisbane City

More than 1000 people are marching through the Brisbane CBD blocking city streets in protest of COVID vaccinations.

More than 1000 people are marching through the Brisbane chanting “wake up Australia, mass hysteria” as part of an anti-vax protest.

The crowd has blocked city streets from Parliament House to Elizabeth Street.

Earlier they had gathered in Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens to protest what they claim are mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.

Anti-vax protesters march through the Brisbane CBD. Picture: Peter Wallis

Protesters have been waving flags that say “the people’s revolution” and “all vaccines are toxic”. They plan to march through the city later today.

Protesters are claiming the COVID pandemic is not real in wild scenes in Brisbane’s City Botanic Garden.

The protesters started chanting “wake up Australia” as they marched through the CBD.

One man who addressed the crowd told them “there is no real pandemic” and that the COVID vaccine “isn’t actually a vaccine”.

A woman wearing a crown made from tinfoil said: “Coronavirus is one of the viruses that causes the common cold and there is absolutely no evidence that this particular version of the virus exists.”

Protesters are opposed to mandatory vaccinations.

Despite the government repeatedly saying the COVID-19 vaccines will not be mandatory, the protesters are fighting against perceived “medical coercion”.

Activist Lisa Townley said the government was coercing Australians into medical procedures, which she said was against the Federal Government’s immunisation handbook.

Hundreds protest mandatory COVID vaccinations in Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens.

“Our main concern is that our choice is being taken away from us,” she said.

“Consent can only be given with undue pressure, manipulation or coercion and that is exactly what they’re doing”.

“It is our body our choice when it comes to a medical procedure”.

Pete Evans at the Sydney anti-vaccination protest on Saturday. Picture: Jenny Evans

Similar events are taking place across Australia, with Pete Evans and high profile anti-vaccine influencer Taylor Winterstein attending the Sydney protest.

Originally published as Hundreds protest COVID vaccinations in Brisbane City