One mysterious fire after another has erupted in mobile phone towers in Britain following the spread of conspiracy theories that the Five-G mobile network is linked to the coronavirus. Such fires have occurred in the towers of the Five-G mobile network in Birmingham, Liverpool and Mercedes. Video of the fire at a mobile phone tower has been shared on YouTube and Facebook. There have been claims that there is a link between Five-G mobile technology and coronavirus. Authorities are now investigating the fires.
Michael Gove, Britain's cabinet minister, dismissed the conspiracy theory as "absurd." The British government's Ministry of Digital, Culture, Media and Sports said in a tweet that the Five-G network had nothing to do with the coronavirus. Mobile UK, a coalition of mobile phone companies, said it was "deeply concerned" about the way such rumors and conspiracy theories were being spread.
Police in Merseyside said they were investigating a fire at a telecommunications box on Friday. A video of the fire has been shared on YouTube. It looks like the fire started just after 10 pm. The BBC's 'Disinformation Team' has verified that the video is genuine. However, the relationship of this telecommunication box with the Five-G network is not clear.
Another Five-G tower in the village of Mailing, north of Liverpool, caught fire on Friday night, the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said. They put out that fire. They are also investigating that incident. The West Midlands Fire Service said a fire broke out at a 60-foot-high telecommunications tower in Birmingham. The cause of the fire is not yet known. They have not confirmed whether the tower is part of the Five-G mobile network.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: "We know of a fire in a mobile phone tower. However, we are waiting for more information. Earlier, during a regular government press briefing, Minister Michael Gove said the rumors and conspiracy theories about Kovid-Nineteen's links to the Five-G network were not only absurd but also dangerous.
Stephen Powys, director of Britain's National Help Service, said the Five-G network was important to ordinary people when they were asked to stay at home. At the same time, the Five-G network is very important in the steps that the healthcare system is taking to deal with the coronavirus.
"Whether or not we need a network to deal with the current state of emergency, I am outraged to know that some people are working against it," he said. While people are working from home in large numbers in this crisis, from emergency services to hospitals and mobile connections are very important for customers at risk, such attacks cannot be accepted in any way. Keeping this network running and maintaining its capacity is being hampered as a result.
Mobile Network says many network workers have been harassed and intimidated by people spreading such conspiracy theories about the Five-G network and attacking telecommunications infrastructure.
What is being said in conspiracy theory
Those who claim that the Five-G mobile network is linked to the coronavirus have been propagating their conspiracy theories. To date, however, no one has been able to show that the Five-G poses a threat to human health. An organization called 'Full Fact' verifies fake news and information. As they have seen, this conspiracy theory with Five-G is based on two erroneous theories.
One theory is that Five-G suppresses a person's immune system. Another theory claims that the coronavirus is picking up victims using radio waves from the Five-G network and thus spreading the infection at a much faster rate.
The Five-G mobile uses a different type of radio wave than before. However, these radio waves are non-ionizing, meaning that they do not have the ability to break the chemical bonds in the DNA of any cell in the human body. So it is not a threat to human health.
The second theory that conspiracy theorists have chosen for their propaganda is that of a Nobel Prize-winning biologist. He indicated that bacteria could create radio waves. But this theory is highly controversial and has not been given much importance to mainstream science. And a major weakness of both theories is that coronaviruses are spreading in cities in Britain that do not yet have Five-G. And Iran and Japan have not yet introduced Five-G technology.
