Why TF am I suddenly seeing 5g radio waves are killing us?

[OriginalGeek]

Some video keeps getting spread that claims to be CBS news report. Old friends are getting mad at me for dismissing it and madder for not disproving it.

How are grown adults falling for this conspiracy dope?

[OriginalGeek]

1. Oh yeah

And the 5g causes Corona lol.

[IcyPeas]

2. it supposedly causes coronavirus

this woman in England stops to film workmen laying 5G cable and tells them it causes coronavirus. The workman she is speaking to seems to be in disbelief.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FuckYouKaren/comments/fuf6yk/karen_has_a_go_at_workers_installing_5g_because/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

[Bengus81]

3. it's a story that's been around for a year or two

[Phoenix61]

4. It's right up there with the folks who think

Twitler is doing a good job. Bet there’s a lot of cross over in those two groups.

[jberryhill]

5. Because people believe any shit they see on the internet

This one is stunning in its breathtaking stupidity.

[Bev54]

32. It is coming directly from Russia and China

This is an article from Canadian news.

https://globalnews.ca/news/6793733/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-russia-china/?utm_source=GlobalOkanagan&utm_medium=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3P4q1B3VdEmnSNSgViBORq_F_CjsmMgW55g-j_uS15swdjROJqmzQCJ0g

[XRubicon]

6. Trolls and useful idiots. nt

[jmbar2]

7. There's a fix for it - cost you $350 for an anti 5G device

grifters gonna grift

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/coronavirus-5g-conspiracy-profit

[OriginalGeek]

9. Lol

If it weren't so sad it'd be hilarious. I'm all for right wingers wasting money but that means hucksters get money.

[Rstrstx]

18. Oh hell this is a lot cheaper and works just as well

https://www.amazon.com/Archie-McPhee-Tin-Foil-Humans/dp/B07CXZBRW5

Act now, they have less than 10 remaining

[Dagstead Bumwood]

8. Hey, the wind turbines can't have all of the fun.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Because some idiots need something, anything to blame.

[Skittles]

11. something had to take the place of pizzagate

just shows we are surrounded by REALLY STUPID PEOPLE

[Iggo]

12. Grown ass folks fall for all kinda shit.

[Calculating]

13. This is how we get anti-vaxxers

"like OMG I read online somewhere that vaccines cause the autism"

[FiveGoodMen]

30. Got THAT right!!

[Celerity]

40. +1

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Looking To Disprove It?

They're the same frequencies that were used by middle of the band UHF TV stations for several decades. Except at FAR higher power.
Where was CV when the exact same radio band was used since the early 60s?

[Initech]

15. People are fucking morons.

That is all.

[Voltaire2]

16. Nazi Wurld.

[Marrah_Goodman]

17. This ridiculous CT has been around as long as 5g has

There will always be a portion of the public that believes these type of conspiracy theories and thinks everyone who doesn't isn't "awake".

[sarcasmo]

19. Alex Jones is pushing that nonsense on Infowars.

[Sogo]

20. I really don't know anything about 5G, but

I live in a hotbed of people who think it will cause the "end of the world." Will you please explain some of the technical details, or point me in the direction of what to read, so that I can counter all the community activism that I'm exposed to about this?

[Quixote1818]

28. It puts out less energy than a lightbulb

And ask them why cell companies would want to kill their own customers?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/11/01/the-science-of-why-5g-is-almost-certainly-safe-for-humans/#1ce95cdd70e3

[Sogo]

41. Thank you!

....and good question....

[dixiegrrrrl]

43. I play dumb and ask them questions till they melt down

Doesn't take many questions till they are over their heads and floundering, and it's a fun way to pass the time.

[Alex4Martinez]

21. The Smart Meters are planting those thoughts in your head!

Or contrails mebbe!

[OriginalGeek]

23. Oh Lort

our power company started putting in smart meters in the area and the local area FB group and Nextdoor neighborhood app people are losing their minds. Worried about extra cancer and all that lol.

People are threatening to move to get out from under the thumb of oppression and I can only think "Byeeee".

[jberryhill]

34. Well, it all began when they started putting those barcodes on all the groceries...

[OriginalGeek]

36. ha

I remember in the mid 70s our fundie baptist church was very worried about bar codes. Glad I escaped that cult!

[jberryhill]

44. Did you also have the Satanic Procter & Gamble logo?

I first noticed it while playing ELO albums backwards.

Of course, they got rid of vinyl albums so you can’t play them backwards anymore.

[OriginalGeek]

45. Yes!

They were worried about all that.

We once had a record burning party and both John Denver and Barry Manilow were sacrificed to the cleansing flames.

I forget what John Denver's main issue was but Barry supposedly had some lyric in I Write the Songs that was something Satan said in the bible. lol, it's been almost 40 years since I had anything to do with religion so my memory may be fuzzy on it.

[jberryhill]

46. I'm okay with burning Barry Manilow albums

I’ll give them credit on that one.

[OriginalGeek]

47. LOL!

Good point.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. Pfft! All you have to do is not stare at 'em and then they can't take over your BRANE!

Or was that supposed to be "BRAN"?

Nope, definitely "brane". Morans don't have branes capable of barcode infiltration, though. That's why they can warn the rest of us.

I cheat -- I have a Sharpie and have been scrambling the secret messages for decades.
You're welcome.

[customerserviceguy]

22. Out of fear, there is ignorance. n/t

[Quixote1818]

24. You just don't understand. Why wouldn't cell companies want to kill their customers quickly?

Makes perfect sense to me.

[Quixote1818]

25. I heard Trump was behind 5G wink wink. nt

[lpbk2713]

26. It causes dandruff.

When you hold your phone up to your head you get dandruff cooties.

[DBoon]

27. False information spread by Russian bots

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/science/5g-phone-safety-health-russia.html

The Russian network RT America aired the segment, titled “A Dangerous ‘Experiment on Humanity,’” in covering what its guest experts call 5G’s dire health threats. U.S. intelligence agencies identified the network as a principal meddler in the 2016 presidential election. Now, it is linking 5G signals to brain cancer, infertility, autism, heart tumors and Alzheimer’s disease — claims that lack scientific support.

Yet even as RT America, the cat’s paw of Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has been doing its best to stoke the fears of American viewers, Mr. Putin, on Feb. 20, ordered the launch of Russian 5G networks in a tone evoking optimism rather than doom.

This was from about a year ago before coronavirus, but it is a very good investigation of Russian influence on social medi opposing 5G

[Sogo]

42. That explains a whole lot....

The area where I live is a hotbed of activists against smart meters and 5G. It also happens to be a strong center of Bernie supporters. If you recall, Mueller reported that Russia had infiltrated the Bernie campaign in 2016. I swear they are as distrustful of anything mainstream as Trumpsters are.

My apologies to anyone who is a Bernie supporter who has not gone totally off the grid, but this has been my experience where I live. Many former friends of mind have gone this route....

You should have seen the look on one friend's face when I told her that 5G is a main component of autonomous vehicles.....She had been beaming about the Tesla that she and her husband had just bought. "Well, I'm against 5G," is all she could say.

[Buns_of_Fire]

29. For a limited time, I will do a full-body wrap to prevent 5G infection. Only $1200.

I use only the finest non-stick material:

Endorsed by Donald Trump!

[relayerbob]

31. PT Barnum said there's sucker born every minute

Now, there is a much higher population, almost 8x, so at least 8 suckers born every minute. Add the GOP war on brains, and that number rises exponentially

[Aristus]

33. It's the 'chem trails' conspiracy theory of 2020.

The more you try to talk the misbelievers out of their delusion, the more deluded they will become...

[mainer]

35. It's led to destruction of cell towers in the UK by nutters

They're vandalizing cell towers because of this nonsense. I read that the conspiracy is spread through Russian trolls. Wouldn't Putin be happy if the west destroyed its own infrastructure?

[Bengus81]

37. How about some 5G wind turbines?

Maybe that's what Limbaugh has been hanging around

[Celerity]

39. this has been going on for weeks, I posted on it awhile back

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213229755

These fuckers are crazier than a rat in a tin shithouse.



A Conspiracy Theory That 5G Is Causing The Coronavirus Is Spreading Alongside The Pandemic

Even actor Woody Harrelson has succumbed to the baseless hoax that cellphone infrastructure is spreading the coronavirus.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/conspiracy-theory-5g-coronavirus-qanon

A screenshot from the second most-shared anti-5G video on YouTube.



New Agers, right-wingers, and QAnon conspiracy theorists think global elites are using 5G to spread the coronavirus pandemic.

The paranoia about 5G — the industry term for the fifth generation of wireless communications infrastructure — has risen for the last few years, but as the world battles the pandemic, a baseless hoax has spread that the technology that runs cellphones could secretly be causing the outbreak.

On Wednesday, actor Woody Harrelson posted about the conspiracy theory on his Instagram, writing, “a lot of my friends have been talking about the negative effects of 5G.” On Thursday, a 5G tower in Birmingham, England, went up in flames after a local Facebook group was flooded with anti-5G comments. (Local authorities said that it could have possibly been an electrical issue, but are awaiting further information before investigating.)

its in the 2nd part of thsi OP

Link to tweet

5G has so far rolled out in about 40 countries worldwide, most notably South Korea and China, but also in dozens of US cities, including Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Before the coronavirus, fears about 5G tended to focus on cancer, the risk of which people feared could be increased from cellphone radiation. The evidence to support such a fear is weak to nonexistent, although meteorologists have worried that the technology could disrupt weather satellite forecasts.

Misinformation falsely claiming the coronavirus is a bioweapon has circulated since English-language reports of the outbreak began circulating in January. Depending on which internet rabbit hole you fall down, the coronavirus was created by the Chinese government, is part of a human depopulation scheme by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, or stemmed from a tainted batch of children’s blood that the world’s celebrities drink to stay young. So perhaps it was somewhat inevitable that these two separate conspiracy theories — that 5G had some evil purpose and that the coronavirus was a bioweapon — would graft themselves onto each other.

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