Lately there have been a lot of conspiracy theories circulating concerning COVID-19. Of course, even in the midst of this pandemic, people seem to have found a way to misinform thousands of people on various social media platforms about COVID-19. Some say that the virus was made in a lab somewhere, others claim that being able to hold your breath for 10 seconds means that you don’t have the virus, there are also those who say that the virus is actually a marketing scheme by hand sanitizer companies since this pandemic is going in their favour but the story that really caught my attention was one that said that 5G is either causing or accelerating the spread of COVID-19.
This conspiracy theory is generally saying that 5G can suppress the ability of the immune system, thus making more people vulnerable to the virus. They argue that the energy levels of 5G radio waves can disrupt the normal functioning of the human body thereby affecting the immune system. Some of its theorists suggest that the virus is actually transmitted through the use of 5G networks.
Here’s why this theory should not be agreed with;
The energy levels of the 5G radio waves are not very different from its predecessors which have posed no harm in the past years. The radio waves of 5G are on the low frequency end of the electromagnetic spectrum making them powerless when compared ultra-violet light and gamma rays which are on the opposite end of the electromagnetic spectrum. 5G radio waves do not have the ability to heat up your body, let alone damage human cells, the entire immune system or transmit a virus.
Have we even taken into consideration the fact that some of countries were the pandemic has affected the most haven’t even launched 5G? Countries like Iran, India, Japan and France haven’t launched 5G networks in their countries. Even a country like the United States of America, which currently has the highest number of cases and deaths, is still preparing to launch and use 5G networks. How then can we say that 5G is the cause or even a catalyst for the spread of the virus?
Scientists have branded this theory as outrageous as well as utter and complete rubbish because there is no evidence or research backing the claims and arguments of the conspiracy theorists. The theory is actually biologically impossible. It has been branded the “worst kind of fake news.
Simply put, the theory just doesn’t make sense. I beleive this article has gone a long way to show the truth to those confused minds out there that were starting to believe the theory is possibly true.
By : Maame Akyaa Osei
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