1000 people demonstrate in Rome against wearing masks

Demonstration against the wearing of compulsory masks in Rome, Italy, September 5, 2020 -

About a thousand people demonstrated on Saturday afternoon in the center of Rome to protest against the obligation to vaccinate children of school age or to wear masks, AFP found.

"No to the obligation to vaccinate, yes to freedom of choice", "No mask at school, no distancing", "Personal freedom is inviolable" and "Long live freedom" proclaimed signs brandished by the demonstrators, the majority of whom did not wear a mask.

One of them had a photo of Pope Francis with the word “Satan” in the caption as well as the number “666”, considered a symbol of the devil.

Conspiracies and fascists

The crowd was mainly made up of anti-vaccine activists and conspirators, even if the police feared in recent days also a significant participation of small fascist groups, close to this anti-government and anti-mask movement, which could have led to clashes.

Asked earlier today about this event, the head of government Giuseppe Conte responded coldly by listing the results of the epidemic in Italy: “More than 274,000 sick and 35,000 dead.

Period ".

He added being confident that the fall would not result in further general containment but only "targeted interventions" where necessary.

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