When friends Kaluumn Maple and Jordan Christie first saw signs promoting an anti-vax agenda around Orange, they couldn't believe it.
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About 93 per cent of the state has received both doses of a COVID vaccine, with the number for Orange greater than 95 per cent.
So when the pair saw slogans like 'mandate free choice' and 'end the nanny state' around the city, they decided to take matters into their own hands.
"We went for a drive and were coming back from Bathurst and saw one of them near Harvey Norman and then another one just around the corner from there," Mr Maple said.
"We ended up taking those ones down, drove up a bit and saw the rest of them so we took those down as well."
He added that while a lot of the signage that has been put up around the city are "obviously" anti-vax, while others were more generalised.
Although the nation's capitals bore the brunt of anti-vax and 'freedom' protests this year, Orange has not been immune.
But for signs to pop up around the city nearly two months after the state-wide lockdown finished, was confusing for Mr Maple.
"All the anti-vaxxers and 'protect our kids', some people might see those and second guess everything," he added.
"If it was out in Sydney I would understand, but around Orange I couldn't understand why."
He highlighted the latest outbreak in Molong as a perfect example of how important vaccinations were for the region.
"It's stopping schools because if one person goes there who has COVID, the whole school pretty much has to shut down. Same with work places, if one person gets it, it stuffs it for everyone else," Mr Maple added.
"Before we got the vaccinations, if me or Jordan got a sniffle we'd go and get a COVID test straight away because we didn't want to risk it.
"Just think before you do this type of thing. Think about the audience, because you shouldn't instil the fear in kids to not get the vaccination when that is the only way we'll get past all of this."
Some of the other signs that the pair have pulled down around Orange read 'not anti-vax; just pro-choice', '# hold the line' and 'hands off our children'.
COVID restrictions are set to ease further when NSW reaches 95 per cent double vaccination or on December 15.
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