Protesters in New York City on Monday waved the Australian flag and chanted “save Australia” in a demonstration against mandatory vaccinations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Protesters had gathered in Brooklyn outside the headquarters of the city’s Department of Education for a rally after a COVID-19 vaccine mandate took effect Monday for New York City public school employees. Hundreds of people chanted “save Australia” as they marched across the Brooklyn Bridge and ultimately congregated outside the Australian consulate in midtown Manhattan. They also changed other slogans against lockdowns and vaccine mandates, including “freedom,” and “we will not comply.” During the march, two people flipped over a mobile COVID-19 testing site tent that was set up in Union Square. According to video footage taken by independent reporter Brendan Gutenschwager, people held signs that read “Australia is the example of the new world order,” and “What is happening in Melbourne?” Melbourne, an Australian city in the state of Victoria, has …