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CONCERNS OVER 5G

// 5G: A CORONAVIRUS CONSPIRACY THEORY?

BY: SOFIA EUGENIOU

It has been pretty hard to navigate life in recent that 5G and COVID-19 are part of a wider effort
months without hearing or reading about 5G, the to “depopulate” Earth.
latest conspiracy theory taking over the internet These unfounded claims are also dangerous.
and dominating many of our conversations. Where these theories have caused people to
act out, conditions are produced that can place
Posted in January 2020 on a French conspira- people at harm.
cy website called Les moutons enragés, the first
connections between 5G and the coronavirus was Over 70 cell phone towers in the UK have been
made. Ideas circulated that the millimetre wave victim to arson attacks since the coronavirus
spectrum used by 5G technology and COVID-19, the outbreak. Daily attacks are now very low, but
disease caused by novel coronavirus, could be re- they have not stopped entirely.
lated. Fingers were then pointed to reports about
Wuhan installing 5G towers just before the out- Engineers installing the 5G technology have
break in late 2019. also felt the brunt of dangerous and anti-social
behaviour exhibited by 5G conspiracy theorists.
Within three months, conspiracy theorists making There have been 40 incidents so far where BT
similar claims were setting 5G cell phone towers employees have been abused, either physically
on fire in Europe. or verbally. Shockingly, one engineer was even
stabbed and hospitalised.
Conspiracy theories surrounding phone signals and
human health have existed for years but coinciding Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twit-
with the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the UK ter, and Youtube, have helped spread conspira-
and its nation-wide lockdown, it is no wonder 5G cy theories around 5G.
conspiracies began to gain traction in late March
and early April. Legal action against 5G in the United Kingdom
is being taken, however. Headed by Michael
A number of speculations have been made over the Mansfield QC, legal proceedings are currently
use of 5G networks and their harmful effects on hu- in action to challenge the UK government’s
mans. (Public Health England) failure to sufficiently
recognise the health and safety risks of wire-
Some suggest that 5G networks cause radiation, less radiation and the increased exposure from
which, in turn, triggers COVID-19. the deployment of 5G.

Others claim reportings of coronavirus were just Do you have a theory or opinion on this sub-
a cover-up for the installation of 5G towers. Even ject? We want to hear from you. Email us:
wilder, numerous individuals are pushing the idea content@powellandbarnsmedia.com
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