Coronavirus: The 5G conspiracy theory just won’t go away – here’s why it’s nonsense – By Alexander Martin (Sky News) / April 21 2020
As a scientifically impossible conspiracy theory linking the deployment of 5G radio antennas to the coronavirus pandemic refuses to go away, Sky News explains why it is nonsense.
According to the conspiracy theories the symptoms of COVID-19 are caused by electromagnetic radiation and not by a virus.
These claims have now been tied to dozens of attacks on telecommunications engineers and masts in the UK, even as information debunking such claims is widespread.
The conspiracy theorists say the coronavirus pandemic is an illness caused by exposure to radio emissions from the new 5G antennas – despite these antennas not being present in countries such as Iran, which has seen a deadly outbreak.
The theory has even been mentioned by This Morning presenter Eamonn Holmes, whose comments on 5G were described as “ill-judged” by TV regulator Ofcom.
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