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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,212 posts)
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 08:37 PM Apr 2020

Possible arson attacks hit phone towers even though 5G has no link to COVID-19

As the coronavirus sweeps the globe, so do rumors about what caused it and how it's spread. One that's gained steam online is that new 5G networks caused the disease. That's completely wrong. Radio waves can't create a virus, which is what causes COVID-19.

But that hasn't stopped threats against broadband engineers and possible arson attacks against UK phone towers, prompting UK carriers to ask people to stop burning the towers and the UK's national medical director to call out the 5G conspiracy theory as "complete and utter rubbish." Communications networks are crucial in the fight against the pandemic.

The conspiracy theory has spread on social media. Keri Hilson, an American singer with 4.2 million followers on Twitter, sent several tweets last month that attempted to link the coronavirus to 5G. She wrote: "People have been trying to warn us about 5G for YEARS. Petitions, organizations, studies...what we're going thru is the affects [sic] of radiation. 5G launched in CHINA. Nov 1, 2019. People dropped dead."

In early April, actor Woody Harrelson became the latest celebrity to falsely connect 5G to the coronavirus. He shared an article in an Instagram post, saying that while he hasn't "fully vetted" rumors linking 5G to the pandemic sweeping the globe, "I find it very interesting."

https://www.cnet.com/news/no-5g-didnt-cause-the-coronavirus-pandemic/?ftag=CAD-04-10abi6g&bhid=24447454298893839703959737945916&mid=12778069

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Possible arson attacks hit phone towers even though 5G has no link to COVID-19 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
They spell like deplorables malaise Apr 2020 #1
YT has thousands upon thousands of these videos... EarthFirst Apr 2020 #2
I often wonder how the human race made it this far. nt Deep State Gnostic Apr 2020 #3
Until recently they didn't have the Internet. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2020 #6
Ha! Deep State Gnostic Apr 2020 #9
How do people that stupid function? Jamastiene Apr 2020 #4
YOU'RE. OUT. OF. YOUR. FUCK. ING. MINDS. zonemaster Apr 2020 #5
Did Godzilla teach us NOTHING?! Wake up sheeple!! Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2020 #7
OMG people are fucking idiots. Initech Apr 2020 #8
Woody Harrelson is pretty fucking dumb RhodeIslandOne Apr 2020 #10
Correlation does not equal Causation zonemaster Apr 2020 #11

EarthFirst

(2,905 posts)
2. YT has thousands upon thousands of these videos...
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 08:43 PM
Apr 2020

A few of these content creators are making real advertising revenue pushing this Deep State CV19/5G meme.

There’s also the COVID19 “mandated medicine” meme that’s a big trending topic by the anti-vaxxers.

It’s a cesspool of thought.

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