Supporters of the conspiracy theory that the spread of the coronavirus related to the influence of the towers of 5G networks, began to attack the engineers working in the British telecommunications company Openreach. In April, the employees of the organization were attacked about 50 times, The Guardian writes.
Noted, Openreach does not work directly with 5G networks — basically the company ensures the functioning of the wired infrastructure. However, engineers still face attacks from angry people who spit and chased Openreach employees from the workplace. One of the engineers told the newspaper that before the outbreak of the coronavirus he and his colleagues had never experienced such pressure. “We go to work thinking about whether it is safe or not,” says the man.
The Guardian wrote that unhappy people are often confused in special vests, working, for example, telephone wires, with engineers, support 5G network. And one woman did not allow Openreach van to drive because I thought that it’s a cell tower 5G. “Actually, on the roof of the car was a box to store things,” says the source.
the fact that this conspiracy theory became popular in the network, Bloomberg wrote in April. It was noted that some researchers believe reports about the spread of the coronavirus in a coordinated campaign of disinformation of the population. In the UK for at least 20 cell towers were attacked by vandals.
In the example cited actor woody Harrelson and singer MIA, who in their social networks placed “groundless” information about the relationship between the improvement of symptoms of coronavirus with “radiation” from the towers of 5G. In Russia this theory is supported by the TV presenter Victoria Bonia.
