{"id":343765,"date":"2025-11-07T13:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reviews.com\/?p=343765"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:55:18","slug":"5g-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reviews.com\/utilities\/internet\/5g-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5G Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory Is Utter Nonsense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During the pandemic\u2019s early months, misinformation sparked unfounded fears about 5G. Since then, mainstream sentiment has normalized as real\u2011world experience accumulated and health agencies reiterated safety guidance. Global 5G adoption has surged past two billion subscriptions by the end of 2024, with further growth expected in 2025, according to the Ericsson Mobility Report<\/a>. Fact\u2011checkers also debunked COVID\/5G claims, and platform moderation reduced their reach, helping concerns recede into a smaller, persistent minority; UK media literacy tracking shows people increasingly rely on trusted sources to navigate claims. Paired with fake news<\/a> circulating and comments from celebrity conspiracy theorists \u2014 the 5G fear had a strong base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The internet has been crafting a variety of wild theories about the origin of coronavirus: it\u2019s a plot to keep everyone home while the government changes out the batteries in the birds<\/a>, or a ploy by Zoom to boost their video conferencing product. And a bit more seriously, a group of people believes that 5G internet is accelerating the spread of the coronavirus. Last week, these kinds of theories took flight as people set fire <\/a>to 5G masts in the UK<\/a>. Since then, commercial 5G is live in well over 100 countries and thousands of cities worldwide, as independently mapped by Ookla\u2019s 5G Map<\/a>, while conspiracy narratives have declined in mainstream channels as regulators and public\u2011health bodies repeatedly clarified how COVID\u201119 actually spreads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UK government officials have called the theory nonsense \u2014 and let’s be clear, it is<\/em>. The national medical director of NHS England, Stephen Powis, said,<\/a> \u201cThe 5G story is complete and utter rubbish, it’s nonsense, it’s the worst kind of fake news,” said Powis. “The reality is that mobile phone networks are absolutely critical to all of us.\u201d Powis also noted that those particular phone networks are used by healthcare workers and emergency services. Current national guidance aligns: the UK Health Security Agency advises that exposures from 5G in the community are expected to remain low relative to international limits and does not anticipate impacts on public health when installations comply with those limits (UKHSA<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no evidence that 5G technology is dangerous, nor that it is related to the spread of COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) has firmly stated<\/a> that 5G networks do not spread the virus. Modern RF exposure limits used by most countries are anchored to the ICNIRP 2020 guidelines<\/a>, which cover 100 kHz\u2013300 GHz and include large safety margins; real\u2011world regulator measurements around 5G sites in public areas consistently find levels well within those limits (e.g., Ofcom<\/a>, ARPANSA<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n