Can 5g accelerate the spread of Covid-19?

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the stay-at-home situation related to ‘5g radiation’ was for sure one of the most Google searched notions, and not due its scientific meaning, but mostly for the purpose of confirming whether the speculative theory, “5g radiation spreads Coronavirus” holds true.

It doesn’t matter if engineers have said NO, or physicians proved it wrong, people somehow decided to trust some folks on social media and believe that the fifth generation of internet communication technologies is causing the Covid19 pandemic, which caused the deaths of hundred of thousands, and infected millions of people around the world.

To try and understand more about this technology, and trust the word of people who dedicated their lives to study radiation, let’s number some of the key features of this technology.

What is 5g and why do we need it?

5g is the 5th generation mobile network. It is meant to deliver:

• multi Gb/s peak data speeds,
• ultra-low latency – which is the time it takes for connected devices
• to make a request and get a response to basically 0,
• more reliability – meaning the performance will stay the same no matter how many people connect through the network,
• massive network capacity – it can handle more connected devices,
• increased availability – meaning the more people connect to it the less of a problem will it be to have a fast Internet speed.

So that’s great, right? We will never have to wonder why our Internet connection is slow, ever again. So why is there so much noise that such an important technology for us, could in fact harm us?

5g radio waves are basically millimetric waves, because they have a short wavelength. Since these waves are short, 5g towers need to be built close to each other. So 5g can cover a large area which requires more base stations to be built. This increases in number of base stations has been deemed as dangerous that 5g could cause.

How does 5g work?

What makes 5g different from previous generations of mobile services (3g, 4g) is that the latter use lower radio frequencies, whereas 5g uses frequencies in the range of 30-300 gigahertz.
Rocket science? Okay, so basically in the 30-300 gigahertz range, there is not enough energy to remove electrons, when human tissue is contacted. This is why in Telecommunications this range is referred as ‘non-ionizing- electromagnetic radiation’.

For dummies, this means that radiation can only do us ‘harm’ when its contacts the skin, for example making a phone call by putting a 5g device to our ear, which can cause the ear to get heated. The SAR level (SAR being the Specific Absorption Rate) for the 5g exposure is below the recommended safety level.

Can 5g spread the Coronavirus?

So, does this theory hold true? Can 5g spread the Corona Virus? My answer here is NO, and that is the same answer as of the engineers, physicians, doctors, etc. Great minds think alike, huh? Well this article is based on thorough research regarding this theory and the opinions written here are based on articles published on trustworthy studies.

So, here is what we know about Covid19 or Coronavirus so far:

Covid19 spreads through droplets released from the nose or mouth of an infected person, when this person sneezes, coughs, talks or exhales. And the transmission of the virus happens when these droplets contact the nose, mouth or eyes of the healthy person.

If an infected person speaks with a phone held close to their mouth, infectious droplets may land on its surface, and make it capable to spread the virus. In other words, your phone could be dangerous, but its radiation not.

What can we learn from this?

It is important to stop misinformation, especially in such times, when most of us are just trying not to panic and possibly trying to stay safe to avoid any harm.

Comparative theories are always made to bring chaos in people’s lives, but it is important that each one of us, before believing anything, try to do a research and base our thoughts on credible opinions or studies.

It is important not to forget that it is science will help us to get ou of this situation. So, let’s have a little more faith on it.