Topic: People from Liverpool are burning down 5G towers to stop the spread of COVID-19
Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #98,407
(In case you ever doubted that Liverpudlians are retarded.)Telecoms.com: Deluded Scousers burn down 5G masts because COVID-19 is talking through the airwaves
Liverpudlians have seemingly set off a trend around the UK by setting 5G masts on fire because the new generation of mobile connectivity is the apparent cause of the coronavirus outbreak.
Starting in Liverpool, before spreading to Birmingham and Belfast, deluded individuals are setting fire to telecommunications infrastructure thanks to the fairy-tale belief it will lead to the end of the viral infection.
“On the point about the 5G masts,” Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove said during the daily coronavirus briefing. “The story somehow got about that they play a role in the spread of the disease, that is just nonsense. Dangerous nonsense as well.”
National Medical Director of NHS England Stephen Powis had even stronger words to say about the craze.
“The 5G story is complete and utter rubbish, it’s nonsense, it’s the worst kind of fake news,” Powis said. “The reality is that the mobile phone networks are absolutely critical to all of us, particularly in a time when we are asking people to stay at home and to not see relatives and friends.
“But in particular, those are also the phone networks that are used by our emergency services and our health workers. I am absolutely outraged, absolutely disgusted that people would be taking action against the very infrastructure that we need to respond to this health emergency. It is absolute and utter rubbish and I can’t condemn it in stronger terms than that.”
The coronavirus theories being promoted by idiotic celebrities and believed by simpleton individuals can be traced back to two statements, both of which have been disproven by Full Fact, an independent fact checking charity.
Firstly, a research paper from 2011 written by several academics which hypothesises bacteria may produce electromagnetic signals to communicate with other bacteria when making decisions about infecting a host. Thanks to these assumptions, which are highly disputed, some have decided the COVID-19 virus in one host is able to use the 5G airwaves to communicate with virus in another host to decide on who to infect next. It really is that preposterous.
Secondly, the foolhardy arsonists seem to believe 5G has the ability to supress the immune system which is aiding the spread of the disease. Again, there is no scientific evidence to support these claims and the statements have been rubbished by the scientific community.
NPR: U.K. Cellphone Towers Ablaze As Conspiracy Theories Link 5G Networks To COVID-19Starting in Liverpool, before spreading to Birmingham and Belfast, deluded individuals are setting fire to telecommunications infrastructure thanks to the fairy-tale belief it will lead to the end of the viral infection.
“On the point about the 5G masts,” Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove said during the daily coronavirus briefing. “The story somehow got about that they play a role in the spread of the disease, that is just nonsense. Dangerous nonsense as well.”
National Medical Director of NHS England Stephen Powis had even stronger words to say about the craze.
“The 5G story is complete and utter rubbish, it’s nonsense, it’s the worst kind of fake news,” Powis said. “The reality is that the mobile phone networks are absolutely critical to all of us, particularly in a time when we are asking people to stay at home and to not see relatives and friends.
“But in particular, those are also the phone networks that are used by our emergency services and our health workers. I am absolutely outraged, absolutely disgusted that people would be taking action against the very infrastructure that we need to respond to this health emergency. It is absolute and utter rubbish and I can’t condemn it in stronger terms than that.”
The coronavirus theories being promoted by idiotic celebrities and believed by simpleton individuals can be traced back to two statements, both of which have been disproven by Full Fact, an independent fact checking charity.
Firstly, a research paper from 2011 written by several academics which hypothesises bacteria may produce electromagnetic signals to communicate with other bacteria when making decisions about infecting a host. Thanks to these assumptions, which are highly disputed, some have decided the COVID-19 virus in one host is able to use the 5G airwaves to communicate with virus in another host to decide on who to infect next. It really is that preposterous.
Secondly, the foolhardy arsonists seem to believe 5G has the ability to supress the immune system which is aiding the spread of the disease. Again, there is no scientific evidence to support these claims and the statements have been rubbished by the scientific community.
BBC: Mast fire probe amid 5G coronavirus claims
Guardian: UK phone masts attacked amid 5G-coronavirus conspiracy theory
Fox: UK cell towers torched after bizarre conspiracy theory links 5G to coronavirus pandemic
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later[^] [v] #1,110,204
There is a fellow near me who thinks Wi-Fi is killing children
Freethinkerdangerous !Cs02iDB7RA joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,110,206
The news is so exciting sometimes
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 31 minutes later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,110,208
@previous (Freethinkerdangerous !Cs02iDB7RA)
You are an angel from Heaven. I was just thinking the exact same thought.
You are an angel from Heaven. I was just thinking the exact same thought.
Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 38 seconds later, 41 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,110,209
What the fuck? This is real? I thought it was a meme.
What the hell kind of half-wit troglodytes are doing this? This is the kind of news I might expect out of a rural, superstitious part of a third-world country. Not the UK.
Fucking christ. Mind you, I know that the internet of today is good at spreading paranoia and lies, and allowing for echo-chambers. Anti-vaxxers are becoming prominent enough in the UK and the US that previously dwindling diseases are making comebacks. So I suppose it makes sense that a few impressionable people in the wrong circles might be influenced to do something crazy like this.
What the hell kind of half-wit troglodytes are doing this? This is the kind of news I might expect out of a rural, superstitious part of a third-world country. Not the UK.
Fucking christ. Mind you, I know that the internet of today is good at spreading paranoia and lies, and allowing for echo-chambers. Anti-vaxxers are becoming prominent enough in the UK and the US that previously dwindling diseases are making comebacks. So I suppose it makes sense that a few impressionable people in the wrong circles might be influenced to do something crazy like this.
Freethinkerdangerous !Cs02iDB7RA replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,110,212
@previous (Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE)
I've seen a ton of people sharing this sort of shite. My cousin and mum and a girl I knew from school. If something new happens at the same time as something bad, people feel like they're smart for connecting the two ._.
I've seen a ton of people sharing this sort of shite. My cousin and mum and a girl I knew from school. If something new happens at the same time as something bad, people feel like they're smart for connecting the two ._.
Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 48 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,110,214
If a bunch of cattle die mysteriously in
an African village, it means a Witch is up to no good.
an African village, it means a Witch is up to no good.
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Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 4 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,110,266
finally someone is taking the 5G menace seriously
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 11 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,110,271
Green !StaYqkzUPc joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,110,300
Good! That'll show the reptilians that they can't brain wash us with the flouride toothpaste they put in those masts!
Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 33 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,110,320
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 6 days later, 6 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,113,084
These people... https://youtu.be/i-QbsxfbxbY
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 7 hours later, 6 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,113,271
@1,110,209 (Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE)
> What the fuck? This is real? I thought it was a meme.
I remember a friend having that reaction to seeing anti-vaxxers and flat Earth believers. I remember having that reaction to 9/11 truthers myself. Some people's memes are other people's "reality" now.
The 5G conspiracy crowd has been banging the drum for a while now about how 5G is causing... well, causing everything bad they can think of to blame. Cancer, learning disabilities, birth defects, divorce, homosexuality, violence, weather, mind-control, government surveillance, really whatever you want to complain about - they will tell you 5G is causing it.
It's basically just a typical exercise in plugging $ThingImAfraidOf into $OtherThingImAfraidOf and trying to say that one bad thing causes the other -kind of like blaming earthquakes on gay people or blaming shootings on video games. Anyway, the coronavirus pandemic came along and the 5G folks just folded it into their conspiracy theory and incited a panic. Now here we are.
> What the fuck? This is real? I thought it was a meme.
I remember a friend having that reaction to seeing anti-vaxxers and flat Earth believers. I remember having that reaction to 9/11 truthers myself. Some people's memes are other people's "reality" now.
The 5G conspiracy crowd has been banging the drum for a while now about how 5G is causing... well, causing everything bad they can think of to blame. Cancer, learning disabilities, birth defects, divorce, homosexuality, violence, weather, mind-control, government surveillance, really whatever you want to complain about - they will tell you 5G is causing it.
It's basically just a typical exercise in plugging $ThingImAfraidOf into $OtherThingImAfraidOf and trying to say that one bad thing causes the other -kind of like blaming earthquakes on gay people or blaming shootings on video games. Anyway, the coronavirus pandemic came along and the 5G folks just folded it into their conspiracy theory and incited a panic. Now here we are.
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 44 minutes later, 6 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,113,280
@1,113,084 (A)
That app needs a clicking noise, like a Geiger counter. Whistling high pitched screaming siren noises too.
There's a market for 5Gers, just like Flat Earthers, and Fake Newsers.
That app needs a clicking noise, like a Geiger counter. Whistling high pitched screaming siren noises too.
There's a market for 5Gers, just like Flat Earthers, and Fake Newsers.