A dozen or so protesters in Vancouver calling for an end to physical-distancing restrictions are “attempting to promote themselves” and represent “marginal views,” B.C.’s health minister says.
Adrian Dix was responding to a viral video showing a group of about 12 to 15 people gathering closely together on a Vancouver street over the weekend in an attempt to protest public health orders to stem the spread of COVID-19.
The video was posted on Sunday and had been viewed more than 2.2 million times by Monday evening. A vast majority of British Columbians are following the rules, Dix said, calling the video an example of a few people seeking attention. “I think we’ve seen, in the past number of weeks, one or two examples of people behaving very