The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is not because of 5G. There is no evidence or link to the implementation of the new wireless network whatsoever. Most messages forwarded in WhatsApp about coronavirus causes and prevention are conspiracy theories. Covid-19 is not a secret plot by China, or any other government, and it is spread through human contact, and can only be prevented through self-isolation and social distancing.
These are the basic facts of coronavirus but, as in any global crisis, conspiracy theorists have taken the opportunity to spread false information about its causes. Yet while conspiracy theories are typically the output of a marginalised few on Reddit and 4chan forums, some of coronavirus’s biggest misinformation peddlers are popular celebrities, willfully spreading dangerous myths that they are repeatedly told are simply untrue.
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