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: 2) by Pav on Thursday May 21 2020, @11:22PM
Or else a self-own by our own intelligence communities. Huawei won the race to 5G, and telcos are deploying Chinese technology despite diplomacy. The best CPU manufacturer now speaks Mandarin, but at least they're OUR Chinese (TSMC of Taiwan) so at least we can pressure them into not supplying Huawei anymore... so if we can organise the busting of some of that equipment we can get back to managing our own societal decline for the benefit of the 0.001% instead of... I dunno... empowering the bulk of our own societies instead.
Not saying this is what's happening, but the sad thing is it's plausible.