{"id":605801,"date":"2021-07-29T11:35:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T15:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=605801"},"modified":"2021-07-29T11:35:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T15:35:25","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-massive-protest-in-greece-against-covid-19-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-massive-protest-in-greece-against-covid-19-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Massive Protest In Greece Against COVID-19 Vaccines?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-a-massive-protest-in-greece-against-covid-19-vaccines%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=605801&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Athens-scaled-e1627522830364.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100070491977713\/videos\/893169374602029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a massive protest in Greece against COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video, which predates the COVID-19 pandemic, shows a January 2019 protest in Greece related to the renaming of Northern Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On at least three occasions this month, people have gathered outside the Greek parliament building in Athens to protest the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/greece-rolls-out-covid-19-vaccinations-those-aged-15-17-2021-07-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory<\/a> for nursing home staff and health care workers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/greek-police-clash-with-protesters-rally-against-mandatory-vaccinations-2021-07-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> reported. One demonstration took place July 24, with police using a water cannon and teargas to disperse the crowd, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100070491977713\/videos\/893169374602029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viewed over 400 times<\/a> on Facebook claims to contain footage from one of these anti-vaccine protests in Greece, saying, \u201cGREECE Aerial view of massive demonstration protesting a Covid19 Vavicine (<em>sic<\/em>).\u201d The 24-second clip shows an aerial view of thousands of people, some holding flags, gathered around a white building. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/04\/08\/fact-check-tom-hanks-take-me-to-greece-shirt\/\">(RELATED: Does This Image Show Tom Hanks Wearing A \u2018Take Me To Greece\u2019 Shirt?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The video, however, is over two years old, predating both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/coronavirus-timeline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus pandemic<\/a> and the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Through a keyword search, Check Your Fact found the same video was posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZG7qFnB_YQQ&amp;t=19s\">YouTube<\/a> back in January 2019. The caption of the video describes the footage as showing a \u201cDemonstration for Macedonia\u201d on Jan. 20 that year in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Plateia+Syntagmatos,+Athina,+Greece\/@37.9755,23.7326814,701m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x14a1bd3e92480435:0x68ba1057cb0d560e!8m2!3d37.9755253!4d23.7349038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Syntagma Square<\/a>, where the Greek parliament building is located.<\/p>\n<p>A massive crowd gathered in Athens on Jan. 20, 2019, to protest a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Prespa-Agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deal<\/a> the Greek government struck with its northern neighbor to change that country\u2019s name from Macedonia to Northern Macedonia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/jan\/20\/thousands-of-greeks-protest-over-name-change-for-macedonia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a> reported. The Greek outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.athensvoice.gr\/greece\/512469_syllalitirio-gia-ti-makedonia-vinteo-apo-drone-katagrafei-eyros-tis-symmetohis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Athens Voice<\/a> included the footage in question in a January 2019 article about the demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>Photos of the 2019 protest, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apimages.com\/metadata\/Index\/Greece-Macedonia-Protest\/d5973ad6c9ed4141ab78c291fbf8d010\/92\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one<\/a> showing the same large blue-and-white flags outside the parliament building, can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apimages.com\/metadata\/Index\/APTOPIX-Greece-Macedonia-Protest\/7155194c5b04410981da040450275db6\/36\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">be<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apimages.com\/metadata\/Index\/Greece-Macedonia-Protest\/7aad9c43152149abb91b29e05be266d4\/95\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found<\/a> on AP Images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook purportedly shows a massive protest in Greece against COVID-19 vaccines.Verdict: False The video, which predates the COVID-19 pandemic, shows a January 2019 protest in Greece &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}