A resident of the American Nashville (Tennessee), who blew up a van on a city street, was suspected of “5G paranoia.” This is reported by The Guardian with reference to a local TV channel.
According to media reports, after it was found that the explosion was organized by Anthony Quinn Warner, FBI agents began to question his neighbors. In particular, they were interested in whether the man had previously expressed any ideas regarding the dangers of 5G communication technology.
An explosion in the center of Nashville thundered on December 25 at 06:30 am (15:30 Moscow time. Human remains were found at the scene of the emergency. Before the explosion, warnings about the explosion and the need to evacuate people nearby were heard from the van).
Conspiracy theories about the dangers of the 5G communication standard for health began to appear on the network at least since 2016. They were primarily posted on Internet forums and YouTube. With the spread of coronavirus in the world, a rumor spread about
links of 5G towers to the pandemic. Conspiracy theorists argue that the radiation that comes from the towers causes the same symptoms as COVID-19.
Experts at the Oxford Institute for the Study of Journalism have found that celebrities and politicians with a large following are the main spreading myths about the infection. As an example, actor Woody Harrelson and singer MIA were cited, who posted “baseless” data on social networks about the connection between increased symptoms of coronavirus and “radiation” from 5G towers. In Russia, this theory is supported by TV presenter Victoria Bonya.
