A Dangerous Nonsense
BBC reported that cellular towers in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Melling in Merseyside were set fire by locals believing 5G to be responsible for Coronavirus! This started after a bunch of conspiracy theories flowed on the internet and people started trusting those baseless content. The act of blazing fires was uploaded to Facebook and YouTube, which were called as “dangerous nonsense” by Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove. While police are investigating, Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sports noted the incident and tweeted There have been few kinds of research claiming 5G may affect the health of beings, but not fairly concluded at one point after all. On the other hand, conspiracy theories swirling on the internet aren’t credible enough to be believed, yet people follow them to add more disruption to what we’re facing now. This is beyond stupidity, as the only facility that’s helping at this moment is technology. From installing robots to using AI for detecting and treating infected patients, we’re relying on technologies harder than ever. And destroying them shall cut communications and more importantly, researches for diagnosing the infection. If people don’t stop believing news that isn’t credible, the end approaches sooner than we assumed. Via: BBC
