Articles tagged with: 5G

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Social media clips revive false claims by David Icke linking 5G and COVID-19

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5G at 60 GHz “stops the human body and blood absorbing oxygen”; this is what doctors are describing in COVID-19 cases

SOURCE: David Icke, London Real

Published: 23 Mar 2023

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Baseless speculations underpin a retracted editorial claiming spontaneous generation of SARS-CoV-2 in skin cells exposed to 5G waves

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5G generates coronavirus in human skin cells

SOURCE: Massimo Fioranelli, Alireza Sepehri, Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents, GreenMedInfo, InfoWars

Published: 29 Jul 2020

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Brussels halted 5G rollout in 2019 to study its radiation emissions, not because any negative health effects had been demonstrated

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“Brussels is halting their 5G plans due to the negative health effects”; “Evidence ... overwhelmingly suggest[s] that, yes, 5G does pose a major threat.”

SOURCE: Anonymous, worldhealth.net

Published: 11 Jun 2020

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The spread of COVID-19 is not related in any way to the deployment of 5G

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“5G plays a part in this ‘plandemic’” ... The cases of COVID-19 are “directly related to electromagnetic radiation exposure by 5G”

SOURCE: Dee McLachlan, Gumshoe News

Published: 29 May 2020

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Conspiracy theorists claim that 5G increases vulnerability to COVID-19 with baseless theory that it affects hemoglobin

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Coronavirus pandemic would likely not be nearly as bad if 5G exposure/radiation pollution wasn’t already compromising the structure and function of hemoglobin cells.

SOURCE: Mike Adams, Natural News

Published: 11 Apr 2020

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Viral claim falsely asserts that COVID-19 is due to 5G technology rollout, not a virus

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The coronavirus outbreak is not actually caused by a virus, but by 5G technology

SOURCE: Dana Ashlie, YouTube

Published: 12 Mar 2020

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