If you are trying to download a cat video on your face mask, you may be waiting for a long time. After all, it’s a face mask, not a smartphone.
Yet, messages circulating on social media now are trying to somehow connect face masks with 5G. That’s 5G, as in the “fifth generation” technology standard for cellular networks, and not 5G as in $5000. As I’ve covered before for Forbes, conspiracy theories have already alleged that the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is really the effects of 5G rather than a virus. Now, there are videos…claiming that the metal piece in a surgical mask is a 5G antenna…
American idjits continue to demonstrate that there are no boundaries to their ignorance and gullibility.
T’ain’t just the ‘murkans. It seems human stoopidity has no boundaries…
“Burning Cell Towers, Out of Baseless Fear They Spread the Virus” A conspiracy theory linking the spread of the coronavirus to 5G wireless technology has spurred more than 100 incidents this month, British officials said. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/technology/coronavirus-5g-uk.html
“77 cell phone towers have been set on fire so far due to a weird coronavirus 5G conspiracy theory” https://www.businessinsider.com/77-phone-masts-fire-coronavirus-5g-conspiracy-theory-2020-5
“Something in the air” Conspiracy theorists say 5G causes novel coronavirus, so now they’re harassing and attacking UK telecoms engineers https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/3/21276912/5g-conspiracy-theories-coronavirus-uk-telecoms-engineers-attacks-abuse
2AM MDT, tomorrow morning, 18th