no soylents were surprised
Paper blaming COVID-19 on 5G technology withdrawn:
A paper which argued that 5G cellphone technology could lead to infection with the novel coronavirus has been retracted, but not before scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik wondered whether it was the "worst paper of 2020."
The article, "5G Technology and induction of coronavirus in skin cells," came from a group from Italy, the United States and Russia, and appeared in theJournal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents. The journal is published by Biolife, which asserts that it's peer reviewed but has not responded to a request for comment.
The abstract is now marked "WITHDRAWN" on PubMed and the paper has disappeared from the journal's website. The abstract has been preserved here.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2020, @07:42AM
Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Authors are just smart enough to slip through the cracks in the system, but they can't actually do science. The world is full of such delluded people, these guys just have the money to pay for publication.