UK carriers debunk false reports linking 5G and COVID-19 spread as infrastructure gets damaged

06 April 2020
The government and carriers are doubling-down on efforts to stop destruction of gear.

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  • Anonymous
  • 3Rs
  • 06 Apr 2020

wow..
you see what educated european people do?
burn 5G antennas just like ancient civilizations!!
Great that nobody told them human body spreads the disease. It would be hard to cross the street.. Haha

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    • Jimbob
    • gAb
    • 06 Apr 2020

    I cant believe how dumg people are...

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      • Blue moon
      • J9i
      • 06 Apr 2020

      AnonD-754814, 06 Apr 2020I thought only underdeveloped countries have this type of i... moreHow can idiots believe such crap, if it wasn't for these engineers putting there life at risking by keeping lines of communication open at hospitals, government buildings your homes we wouldn't know a thing, how some idiot started this absurd rumour is beyond me but it beggars belief people believe it ☹️if you know of anyone torching these masts please let the police know, they are VITAL in us being able to BEAT this virus not linked to it Keep Britan communicating 👍👍

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        • AnonD-754814
        • uNV
        • 06 Apr 2020

        I thought only underdeveloped countries have this type of issues.
        It's funny that an advance country's citizen did this stupid thing.
        This virus is showing us many new thing.
        * How China lied to others.
        * How USA robbed masks from Germany.
        * Now this 5G thing in UK.

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          • jason
          • r@5
          • 06 Apr 2020

          good. i dont care for 5G. not because of the virus, but because 5g emits too much radition.

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            • Anonymous
            • qn@
            • 06 Apr 2020

            Most likely:

            - 5G equipment manufacturers like Huawei (that's all UK 5G equipment) are used to monitor calls and any data that's not encrypted via HTTPS or similar, for China's benefit, and the companies in UK installing it are getting well paid for this

            - 5G allows to track you everywhere because of how fine grained the mesh is, without the need for GPS - and unlike GPS you're unlikely to turn connectivity off

            - 5G can be used to communicate with non-phone style device such as NFC cards, nanobots, you name it

            - 5G has questionable radiation health reports


            All these are good reasons to think critically about 5G and it's been a problem for deploying it. Solution? Manufacture fake outrage about "5G is aliens and virus!@!@" by having bots spam it, until people fight against "this stupidity" and how "5G is not a virus". Well duh no shit Sherlock. And now you're tracked everywhere, China has your data (literrally, Huawei is run by the Chinese govt remember?). Some retards will even believe it which will help your case.

            Same thing happened with vaccines and "anti-vaxxers". There's a reason Bill Gate refused to vaccine his kids - and it's not "because it would make them retarded" and does not follow the "anti-vaxxer" rationale at all. It's all smoke and mirrors at this point. Very sad.

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              • AnonD-558092
              • IBL
              • 06 Apr 2020

              AnonD-59899, 06 Apr 2020WTF people? It's a darned virus, remember? How heck are rad... moreIt communicates faster over 5G maybe? Oh no, they're using 5G to coordinate their spreading!

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                • AnonD-924172
                • 3WY
                • 06 Apr 2020

                AnonD-59899, 06 Apr 2020WTF people? It's a darned virus, remember? How heck are rad... moreOh didnt you know. That how it all starts a 5G cell tower give us the virus . And the loch ness monster is real. And Aliens. Sorry ive just joined the raving looney party lol

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                  • AnonD-558092
                  • IBL
                  • 06 Apr 2020

                  Anonymous, 06 Apr 2020Of course that most technology oriented people like on this... moreOk dude, let's have a little chat.
                  The first range of frequency that has ionizing radiation are UV rays. Any frequency used to transmit data is far below the UV frequency. So they're not dangerous. Though I don't suppose you'd start a petition to shut down the sun, no? As the sun does emit those ionizing UV rays (though no, you won't die due to exposure to the sun all day).
                  Then, 5G uses frequencies ranges that were already used in both previous communication standards (LTE, 3G...) and in other communication situations (like 60GHz in some countries). So 5G would not be your problem here.

                  Unless you think that it's what is sent via 5G that causes health issues? In that case I can confirm you know absolutely nothing about either technology or physics.

                  (PS: I think 5G is mostly hype to get people to upgrade, well at least in countries like mine where I get really fast 300+Mbps LTE-A. But I'll still welcome sub-6GHz)

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                    • mikiti
                    • EqK
                    • 06 Apr 2020

                    Anonymous, 06 Apr 2020wow.. you see what educated european people do? burn 5G a... moreidk man, pretty sure ancient civilations had never seen 5g antennas let alone burned one

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                      • AnonD-924172
                      • 3WY
                      • 06 Apr 2020

                      When they catch the morons prosecute simple. Theres no cure for stupid.

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                        • AnonD-558092
                        • IBL
                        • 06 Apr 2020

                        Those idiots who don't understand tech should be prosecuted. One count of damage to private property, one count of gratuitous violence against innocent workers and one count of total incapacity of using reliable sources of information to educate themselves.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 3s4
                          • 06 Apr 2020

                          Of course that most technology oriented people like on this page do not thinking a lot about safety aspects of 5G network because they want "progress" for what that means but the truth is that there was no long period of exploring harmful effects which are out there. Only frequencys related to the planet will work on longer periods. We will be anhilietted by planet.

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                            • Mata
                            • mYW
                            • 06 Apr 2020

                            Anonym, 06 Apr 2020"Even 4g is harmful, but the harmful effects of radiation o... moreYou Sir need to get a life and stop spreading nonsense!

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                              • Anonym
                              • Jyb
                              • 06 Apr 2020

                              Anonymous, 06 Apr 2020No evidence coz the harmful effects aren't immediate but ov... more"Even 4g is harmful, but the harmful effects of radiation only surface after continued exposure over a period of time." -- You are mistaking "chemical radiation", which is ionizing and cumulative, with non-ionizing radio waves. There is nothing that 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, or whatever other wireless radio technology does that is any more impact full than going outside and being exposed to sunlight -- yes, sunlight covers all those frequencies at far higher power than any of those radios.

                              I do realize that I have just wasted my time stating the obvious (ie., the "established science" that is verifiable through experimentation and regulated by all sorts of national agencies), but maybe someone else will be informed in the process.

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                                • AnonD-59899
                                • KS2
                                • 06 Apr 2020

                                WTF people? It's a darned virus, remember? How heck are radio waves supposed to make viruses?!!

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                                  • JOP
                                  • cUm
                                  • 06 Apr 2020

                                  Dang I cant believe people are that stupid over there. Both are two different things.

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                                    • Zero
                                    • Lyx
                                    • 06 Apr 2020

                                    MiMax3user, 06 Apr 2020What happened to the Western civilization? This isn't the... moreSeems that Internet gave power to insane people who sees martians and anything fantastic by taking drugs on top of their illness.

                                      These people are no better than the ones who used to burn people for being "witches" because they had knowledge of medicine.

                                      Complete barbarians

                                        Anonymous, 06 Apr 2020No evidence coz the harmful effects aren't immediate but ov... moreSounds like bs if you ask me, but would like to hear an explanation nonetheless.

                                        Why does it take decades?