The number of people at the protest doesn't particularly matter. It's a proxy for people who are against the vaccine, and we have better data in the article: va

The number of people at the protest doesn't particularly matter. It's a proxy for people who are against the vaccine, and we have better data in the article: vaccination rates. > As of last Tuesday, the overall NYPD vaccination rate was 71 percent. > > Rates among other city workers are even lower, with only 60 percent of the SDNY and FDNY's uniformed workforce having received their shots. At this point, I would strongly suspect anyone who isn't vaccinated is against it. I'm surprised the article doesn't focus more on the fact that this could be a crisis for NYC. That's a huge percentage of their public workers to put on unpaid leave at once. That could leave huge holes in department hierarchies, causing organizational chaos on top of trying to do the same thing with 2/3rds (or less) of the people. I think NYC is too large in absolute terms to just re-hire from other areas. It takes time to train new people. I'm curious to see where this goes.