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Cell-tower attacks by idiots who claim 5G spreads COVID-19 reportedly hit US:
US warns carriers to boost security, citing reports of attacks in several states.
The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly issuing alerts to wireless telecom providers and law enforcement agencies about potential attacks on cell towers and telecommunications workers by 5G/coronavirus conspiracy theorists. The DHS warned that there have already been "arson and physical attacks against cell towers in several US states."
The preposterous claim that 5G can spread the coronavirus, either by suppressing the immune system or by directly transmitting the virus over radio waves, led to dozens of tower burnings in the UK and mainland Europe. Now, the DHS "is preparing to advise the US telecom industry on steps it can take to prevent attacks on 5G cell towers following a rash of incidents in Western Europe fueled by the false claim that the technology spreads the pathogen causing COVID-19," The Washington Post reported last week.
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FACT: 5G mobile networks DO NOT spread COVID-19!
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by MostCynical on Wednesday May 20 2020, @10:32AM (2 children)
it's obvious that the internet and cable tv cause stupidity - destroying 5G towers isn't enough! It is barely a start.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2020, @11:31AM (1 child)
5G towers spreading viruses is just plain wrong, everybody know Windows is what is spreading viruses.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Wednesday May 20 2020, @12:09PM
Actually 5G networks will cause viruses to spread. But not the type that infects humans. Rather the type that infects computers. The reason being that 5G is there to enable more IoT, and more IoT inevitably means more malware.
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