Singapore’s coronavirus superheroes no match for upset Liverpool football fans after ‘Must Always Walk Alone Man’ ruffles feathers
- Government reviewing ‘Virus Vanguard’ campaign after receiving ‘quite a lot of feedback’ on mascots
- More than 500 people signed petition against ‘Must Always Walk Alone Man’, a character with the power to enforce social distancing
A team of new mascots introduced by Singapore’s government to raise public awareness about coronavirus measures was abruptly pulled after the superheroes ended up offending football fans instead.
The government said it received “quite a lot of feedback” on the five characters dubbed the “Virus Vanguard” and is now reviewing the campaign.
“We are sorry if we offended anyone,” it said on its Facebook page.
“As this is the first time we are exploring this content format, we appreciate your patience.”
The characters had included “Fake News Buster”, a superhero who “wields the Mallet of Truth”, and “Dr Disinfector”, whose backstory was that she was shrunk to the size of a micro-organism in a failed experiment and “unwittingly flushed” down the toilet by her colleagues.
