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Iris Koh, Healing the Divide: Is it a crime to ask questions?
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Ian Cheng
05 Jan 2022 04:13PM (Updated: 05 Jan 2022 05:04PM)
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (Jan 5) that it has made a police report against a group called Healing the Divide, founded by a Ms Iris Koh.
The ministry said that it was aware that the group “has exhorted parents through a message on their Telegram channel on Dec 27 2021, to visit the paediatric vaccination centres to overwhelm on-site medical staff with questions”.
“Such an act will greatly disrupt operations at our paediatric vaccination centres, and amount to an instigation of harassment of the medical staff,” said MOH in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
“It is a very serious matter, and MOH has therefore made a police report. We urge everyone to exercise social responsibility and not be misled by the promptings of the group, which has a history of sharing misleading information about COVID-19 and its vaccines.”
The ministry highlighted that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and other regulatory authorities around the world have approved the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for use in children aged 5 to 11, after comprehensive clinical trials.
“This is no different from how other drugs have been approved for use,” it said.
“Designated paediatric vaccination centres have been set up islandwide to administer safe vaccinations for children.”
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MOH urged the public to exercise social responsibility and not be misled by the group.
Low Jia Ying | 
January 05, 2022, 04:45 PM
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has made a police report against Singapore’s “Healing the Divide” group for exhorting parents to visit paediatric vaccination centres to overwhelm on-site medical staff with questions.
It said today (Jan. 5) that such an act “greatly disrupts operations” at their vaccination centres and accused them of instigating harassment of medical staff.
Message sent on Dec. 27 through Telegram channel
MOH said that the group, founded by Iris Koh, had sent a message on the “Healing the Divide” Telegram channel on Dec. 27, 2021, urging parents to overwhelm medical staff at paediatric vaccination centres with questions.
A check on the “Healing the Divide” channel found this message sent on Dec. 27:
The message asked parents who are concerned about vaccinating their children to book vaccination slots and visit the centre to ask questions to doctors on-site.
The message also asked parents to submit the doctors’ responses to the group.
MOH: Do not be misled by group
MOH urged the public to exercise social responsibility and “not be misled by the promptings of the group”.
It said that the group has a history of sharing misleading information about Covid-19 and vaccines.
MOH reiterated that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and other regulatory authorities around the world have approved the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged five to 11, after comprehensive clinical trials.
“This is no different from how other drugs have been approved for use,” said MOH.
https://mothership.sg/2022/01/moh-healing-the-divide-parents-overwhelm-vaccine-centres/
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