**The 5G Conspiracy Theories: Separating Fact from Fiction**

In recent years, several conspiracy theories have emerged surrounding the rollout of 5G technology. These theories claim that 5G is responsible for various health problems, including cancer and the COVID-19 pandemic. Some celebrities, such as Woody Harrelson and M.I.A., have even shared their own concerns about 5G on social media.

These celebrity posts have been blamed for actual attacks on 5G towers in the UK, drawing a lot of blowback. However, Woody Harrelson later took down his post, while M.I.A.'s tweets still stand. The conspiracy theory claims that both the rollout of 5G and the first COVID-19 cases supposedly occur at the same time, late in 2019.

**A Look at the Timing**

While this conspiracy theory may seem plausible because 5G started rolling out in 2018, it's actually flat-out wrong. The virus was first discovered in Wuhan, China, where China had recently deployed one of the world's largest 5G networks. However, 5G first came online in both South Korea and parts of the US, rendering this theory incomplete.

Furthermore, if COVID-19 were caused by 5G, it would have been discovered earlier. Research has proven that coronaviruses spread through droplets from sneezes and coughs, not radio waves. Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic wave, but they're two different things. It seems like everything these days is supposedly causing cancer, but theories about 5G causing cancer have been around since before 5G even launched.

**The Fear of Radiation**

All radio waves radiate, but that doesn't mean they have a negative impact on human health. X-rays and gamma radiation are ionizing, which means they break apart molecular bonds and DNA. This is something that's well known, but not a lot of people know about non-ionizing electromagnetic waves, which have wavelengths that are too long to damage cells in the body.

The strongest 5G waves are far below the ionizing threshold. There's real-world data to back this up, although 5G is pretty new. We've had waves in similar frequency ranges for decades, and studies have concluded that they don't cause cancer. Remember the post about hundreds of birds dying because of 5G? Yes, there was a series of mysterious bird deaths in The Hague, but no 5G tests were being conducted nearby at the time.

**Mind Control and Tiny Robots**

One conspiracy theory takes anti-vaccine to the next level: 5G is used for mind control. Some people claim that 5G waves have an effect on the human body, allowing for mind control. However, this is not true. While it's true that radio waves can be used for various purposes, including communication and navigation, there's no scientific evidence to support the idea that they're being used for mind control.

Some people even claim that 5G is used to inject tiny robots into your body through vaccines. This theory takes things to a whole new level, but it's still not supported by any scientific evidence. In conclusion, these conspiracy theories about 5G are just plain wrong. Science has set the record straight on this topic, and we want to make sure people aren't scared of a technology that has so much positive potential.

**Other Debunked Conspiracy Theories**

Are there any other 5G conspiracy theories that need debunking? Let us know in the comments below!

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guy kicks in because there are a few ways in which this conspiracy theory is just flat-out for all the timing is off because 5g started rolling out in 2018 so strike one you could say the theory seems plausible since the virus was first discovered in Wuhan China because China had recently deployed one of the world's largest 5g networks but 5g first came online in both South Korea and parts of the US that's strike two so if coronavirus was caused by 5g it would have been discovered earlier and not in China and we haven't even gotten to strike three yet the fact that radio waves have no impact on a virus's development research has proved that the corona viruses spread through droplets from sneezes and coughs radio waves are a form of electromagnetic waves come on people these are two totally different things it seems like everything supposedly causes cancer nowadays but theories about 5g causing cancer have been around since before 5g even launched it all comes down to the fear of radiation all radio waves radiate but that doesn't mean they have a negative impact on human health x-rays and gamma radiation are ionizing which means they break apart molecular bonds and DNA this is something that's well known but not a lot of people know that there are non ionizing electromagnetic waves these have wavelengths that are too long to be able to actually damage the cells in your body even the strongest 5g waves are far below the ionizing threshold there's real-world data to back this up although 5g is pretty new we've had waves in similar frequency ranges for decades and studies have concluded that these waves don't cause cancer do you remember the post that went around on social media saying that hundreds of birds died because of 5g yes there was a series of mysterious bird deaths in The Hague but no 5g tests were being conducted nearby at the time you can chalk up this conspiracy theory to social disinformation which social media companies like Facebook Twitter and YouTube have been working to crack down on especially when it comes to five gene gain five do you control the weather yeah I wish it could my vote would be for 75 and sunny every day boys finally got some much viewed a bro hot time yeah or rather I change it for a virtuous cause like limiting the impact of global warming so the root of this theory comes from the idea that the government is using the high frequency active auroral research program to control the weather they're using what park HAARP is a facility in Alaska that was built to study the ionosphere soon after the facility was built the government shut down the program and transferred its ownership to the University of Alaska so how does 5g fit into this according to the tinfoil hats who believed in this theory the ionosphere is where the so-called 5g satellites are the only problem is that 5g is a ground-based system satellites could eventually be used for 5g connectivity but at this point satellites don't offer low latency and are not being used for 5g this is by far my favorite 5g conspiracy theory it's not enough to think that 5g can control the weather some people think it can be used for mind control like we mentioned earlier 5g waves have no effect on the human health at all so a 5g wave by itself can't be used to control people's minds but wait there's more some people claim to believe that 5g is used to control tiny robots that are injected into your body through vaccines now this theory takes anti-vaccine to the next level I feel like I have to reiterate this conspiracy theory is not true because science yes science we had to set the record straight on the 5g conspiracy theories out there one because they're just straight-up wrong and two because we don't want people to be scared of a technology that has so much positive potential hopefully the next time you hear about 5g it's about how it's improving the world as we know it are there any other 5g conspiracy theories that need debunking let us know in the comments below until next time I'm Riley Lynn with Digital Trends and thanks for watchingfive G you hear about it in practically every cellphone commercial and how its going to change the world but as with many other major technological innovations it also has a buzz of conspiracy theories around it everything ranging from 5g enabled tiny robots that can control your mind to the claim that it caused the coronavirus well are any of these theories actually true who even started them we did some digging to see how much truth there is in all of these 5g conspiracy theories if you've been listening to Woody Harrelson or singer m.i.a you might think that 5g caused the corona virus pandemic these celebrity posts are being blamed for actual attacks on 5g towers in the UK these attacks drew a lot of blowback and Woody Harrelson later took down his post but mi ace tweets still stand this conspiracy theory claims that both the rollout of 5g and the first corona virus cases supposedly happen at the same time late in 2019 this is where our well actually guy kicks in because there are a few ways in which this conspiracy theory is just flat-out for all the timing is off because 5g started rolling out in 2018 so strike one you could say the theory seems plausible since the virus was first discovered in Wuhan China because China had recently deployed one of the world's largest 5g networks but 5g first came online in both South Korea and parts of the US that's strike two so if coronavirus was caused by 5g it would have been discovered earlier and not in China and we haven't even gotten to strike three yet the fact that radio waves have no impact on a virus's development research has proved that the corona viruses spread through droplets from sneezes and coughs radio waves are a form of electromagnetic waves come on people these are two totally different things it seems like everything supposedly causes cancer nowadays but theories about 5g causing cancer have been around since before 5g even launched it all comes down to the fear of radiation all radio waves radiate but that doesn't mean they have a negative impact on human health x-rays and gamma radiation are ionizing which means they break apart molecular bonds and DNA this is something that's well known but not a lot of people know that there are non ionizing electromagnetic waves these have wavelengths that are too long to be able to actually damage the cells in your body even the strongest 5g waves are far below the ionizing threshold there's real-world data to back this up although 5g is pretty new we've had waves in similar frequency ranges for decades and studies have concluded that these waves don't cause cancer do you remember the post that went around on social media saying that hundreds of birds died because of 5g yes there was a series of mysterious bird deaths in The Hague but no 5g tests were being conducted nearby at the time you can chalk up this conspiracy theory to social disinformation which social media companies like Facebook Twitter and YouTube have been working to crack down on especially when it comes to five gene gain five do you control the weather yeah I wish it could my vote would be for 75 and sunny every day boys finally got some much viewed a bro hot time yeah or rather I change it for a virtuous cause like limiting the impact of global warming so the root of this theory comes from the idea that the government is using the high frequency active auroral research program to control the weather they're using what park HAARP is a facility in Alaska that was built to study the ionosphere soon after the facility was built the government shut down the program and transferred its ownership to the University of Alaska so how does 5g fit into this according to the tinfoil hats who believed in this theory the ionosphere is where the so-called 5g satellites are the only problem is that 5g is a ground-based system satellites could eventually be used for 5g connectivity but at this point satellites don't offer low latency and are not being used for 5g this is by far my favorite 5g conspiracy theory it's not enough to think that 5g can control the weather some people think it can be used for mind control like we mentioned earlier 5g waves have no effect on the human health at all so a 5g wave by itself can't be used to control people's minds but wait there's more some people claim to believe that 5g is used to control tiny robots that are injected into your body through vaccines now this theory takes anti-vaccine to the next level I feel like I have to reiterate this conspiracy theory is not true because science yes science we had to set the record straight on the 5g conspiracy theories out there one because they're just straight-up wrong and two because we don't want people to be scared of a technology that has so much positive potential hopefully the next time you hear about 5g it's about how it's improving the world as we know it are there any other 5g conspiracy theories that need debunking let us know in the comments below until next time I'm Riley Lynn with Digital Trends and thanks for watching\n"