Rallying for choice: Residents demonstrate against youth vaccination requirements

  • A woman displays a sign during Saturday's rally in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

  • A woman with her child in a carrier displays a sign during Saturday's rally in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

  • A family shakas to passing motorists during during a sign-waving event to protest COVID-19 vaccination requirements for youth Saturday morning in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

  • A passing motorist waves to participants in Saturday morning's protest against COVID-19 vaccination requirements for youth in Waimea. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

  • More than 80 people lined Mamalahoa Highway in Waimea Saturday morning to protest COVID-19 vaccination requirements for youth. (Photos by Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

  • More than 80 people lined Mamalahoa Highway in Waimea Saturday morning to protest COVID-19 vaccination requirements for youth. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

  • A family displays an array of signs during a sign-waving event to protest COVID-19 vaccination requirements for youth Saturday morning in Waimea.

  • A man holds a sign bearing the slogan of "Our keiki, our choice" fronting Waimea Park on Mamalahoa Highway in Waimea Saturday morning during a sign-waving event to protest COVID-19 vaccination requirements for youth. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

Scores of Big Island residents took to the streets Saturday in West Hawaii to protest COVID-19 vaccination requirements for youth.