Demonstrators protest stay-at-home orders in Pennsylvania (Twitter)
Demonstrators gathered in Pennsylvania on Monday to demand that that the stay-at-home order be lifted as the coronavirus pandemic peaks in the United States.
According to reports, hundreds of protesters showed up in Harrisburg. Many of the demonstrators failed to wear protective gear or follow the CDC's social distancing guidelines.
"Jesus is my vaccine," a message on one truck said. One man came to the rally bearing a wooden cross on his back.
Other signs claimed that COVID-19 is a government "false flag" operation.
"Signs are saying that Gov. Wolf is the virus, that the media are the virus. Everything is the virus, except the virus," one observer noted.
Watch the videos and read some of the reports below.
“Jesus is my vaccine” is one of the more colorful messages here. https://t.co/vw5qolIlHC— Miguel Marquez (@Miguel Marquez) 1587397684.0
Jim Barr came from Westview to protest the lockdown with a wooden cross @TribLIVE https://t.co/9obiH3WOVr— Shane Dunlap (@Shane Dunlap) 1587398903.0
A friend sent this from PA’s #OpenUpAmerica rally that is happening now. #OPENAMERICANOW https://t.co/2Lb6MBDTcA— Jenny Beth Martin (@Jenny Beth Martin) 1587398924.0
Hundreds of people, both in cars and on foot, gathered outside the state Capitol in Harrisburg ahead of a rally to… https://t.co/9fA7t5FJau— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) 1587399008.0
Gridlock off the Harvey Taylor bridge on Forster Street — no one is moving. Cross traffic affected too.… https://t.co/WodybD7LP0— alex b. peterson (@alex b. peterson) 1587398360.0
Protestors demanding the state reopen business host rally in downtown Pittsburgh @TribLIVE https://t.co/PD6D4ggKhE— Shane Dunlap (@Shane Dunlap) 1587398387.0
Protesters have Front Street blocked going south, so that is backed way up into uptown Harrisburg. By the way u was… https://t.co/zn4USCNihR— alex b. peterson (@alex b. peterson) 1587399735.0
Explain this one to me. Via @miguelmarquez in Harrisburg. https://t.co/18FvkSTuWa— andrew kaczynski (@andrew kaczynski) 1587399580.0
Follow @CynthFernandez who is at the PA protest in Harrisburg today where about 500 protesters are pushing gov to r… https://t.co/5QbhdkOWia— Julia Terruso (@Julia Terruso) 1587400681.0
Passed along by a reader: A rooftop view of the protest at the Capitol today. #COVID19 #covidprotests https://t.co/3bFM1hDX8P— ByJohnLMicek (@ByJohnLMicek) 1587404761.0
