People Hold Protest in San Jose Against Vaccine Mandates as Part of Worldwide Walkout

November 5th, 2021

Awake Goy

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Nearly 100 people gathered in front of San Jose City Hall on Nov. 3 to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and to call for freedom of choice.

People from various cities across the United States participated in a “worldwide walkout” in which they took a day off work to voice their opposition to vaccine mandates. San Jose was one of the 64 cities hosting a walkout.

Nov. 3 was the kickoff for a series of rallies throughout November that are calling for more transparency behind vaccines and vaccine mandates. Other participating cities included San Diego; New York City; Miami; Las Vegas; Chicago; Honolulu; Concord, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; and many more, according to a document from the Children’s Health Defense website.

“No government in history has ever surrendered power in the absence of a demand. We need to tell these governments and their friends in the technocracy, the Silicon Valley billionaire boys club, the mainstream media, and the pharmaceutical industry that we will no longer tolerate their trampling of citizens’ rights,” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., board chair and lead counsel of Children’s Health Defense, said in an article on the website.

Protesters in San Jose waved American flags and held signs with messages such as “No Vaccine Mandate,” “Freedom of Choice,” and “Just Say No.”

“The biggest agenda that people need to be concerned about is this health passport and vaccine passports,” Jeff Roberts, vice president of operations for the Committee to Recall Santa Clara County Supervisors, told NTD Television at the protest.

Attendees said that vaccine passports are against the idea of freedom. They are calling for more walkouts to hold the government accountable on the issue of mandates.

Alix Mayer, president of Children’s Health Defense California Chapter, told NTD Television: “The importance of the walkout is that the mandates are illegal, because all the shots that are available on the market today [are] under emergency-use authorization only, and so they cannot be mandated.”

“If we don’t question, we just let the government or the social media or bosses of the businesses [tell] us what goes into my body … you are giving up your body [and] mind,” Louisa Ip, a rally attendee, told NTD Television.

Other attendees shared personal stories with NTD Television about their experiences regarding the shot.

Jamie Ivan, a rally attendee, said her mother and two other family members have passed away after receiving a COVID-19 shot.

“I have clients that have taken the vaccine, and especially the Moderna, and their hair is falling out now, and most of them have anxiety. What I realized is that I wanted to be a voice for the voiceless,” said Ivan.

“My granddaughter is only 7 years old. She herself has voiced to me that she does not want the shot,” said attendee Victoria Joan. “So far, she stands by that even though she’s that young, but I think young children can understand danger.”

Nov. 3 was also the day Santa Clara County began offering the shot to children ages 5 to 11, following the FDA’s emergency use approval of Pfizer’s pediatric vaccines. The pediatric vaccines are one third the dosage of vaccines for people age 12 and older.

The county of Santa Clara began accepting appointments for young children to receive the Pfizer jab. A county medical officer said vaccination clinics could begin visiting school campuses starting Nov. 4.

“Our public health team operates multiple mobile clinics, and starting tomorrow, they will be visiting multiple schools in our highest-risk communities, where parents may not be able to take time off work but have consented for their children to get vaccinated,” Dr. Jennifer Tong, associate chief medical officer of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, told NTD Television.

Tong also advised parents to be attentive to potential side effects their children may experience, which can include soreness in the arm, a slight fever, or, in some rare cases, heart inflammation. She said these are similar to the side effects that children age 12 and older and adults have previously reported.

Last month, California became the first state that will require COVID-19 vaccines for in-person learning after vaccines for children in grades K–6 and 7–12 receive full FDA approval.

David Lam contributed to this report.