FILE PHOTO - David Crawford, has been opposing the anti-COVID-19 restriction protestors in Kelowna for a year and a half.

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David Crawford, a health care professional known for counter-protesting pandemic measures with his “Darwin please hurry” signs is retiring from duty.

In the last year and a half, Crawford has carried signs promoting science and vaccines to counter those against masks and vaccines every Saturday in Kelowna’s Stuart Park, Highway 97 and outside Interior Health, waving Canadian flags and voicing their opinions against COVID-19 mandates and vaccinations.

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Now that the mandates are being removed, so too are his signs, he said in a press release.

“I’ve stood up for science and health care workers long enough,” he said. “I think my positive message for science and rational thought has gotten through.”

He wishes anti-vaccine protesters would also move on, considering how B.C. no longer requires masks in public spaces and will be ending vaccine passport requirements for businesses next month.

“Lately, it feels like I and my comrades are merely here for their amusement – like we’re some sort of zoo animal. Our message for science is getting lost in their odd behaviour,” he said.

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“Their willful ignorance is a damning indictment of our education system and does not bode well for our political future if people don’t get involved to fight them and their bugnutty delusions."

Since the convoys began, Crawford has been a part of a group of counter-protester numbers at City Hall. Counter-protesters held signs thanking healthcare workers.

A Facebook group, Yay Science Okanagan, promoting science and healthcare workers, has attracted more than 1,400 members since January 2021.

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