Conspiracy theorists have made an odd link between the organic and digital worlds — and they've burned down 70-foot wireless towers to promote their cause.
Big tech companies such as Google and Facebook have been working to take down memes that claim 5G networks, not an organic virus, cause the symptoms of Covid-19.
In early April, arsonists set ablaze 5G towers in Britain as a protest.
5G wireless network technology is widely in use in China, where there are 100,000 5G towers, and South Korea where it serves up super-fast internet speeds that allow multiple devices to connect at the same time.
The U.S. rollout of 5G has been limited mainly to cities where only a few customers actually can get the coverage now.
Nonetheless, conspiracies attest 5G causes some sort of toxicity in cells, prompting nausea or cellular damage. Hucksters claim that symptoms of Covid-19 are caused by cells trying to expel the virus, according to Fast Company.
The claim has been around for about 20 years and originated with claims of cellular harm due to electromagnetic radiation. A global pandemic is a natural vehicle to promote the claim.
