This is by far the stupidest coronavirus ‘study’ ever published

[Chris Smith]

• The novel coronavirus spreads via droplets and aerosols, and the virus isn't affected by things like weather or seasonality. But the craziest COVID-19 conspiracy theory so far links the illness to 5G cellular tech.
• A puzzling new "study" titled "5G Technology and induction of coronavirus in skin cells" was published in PubMed and then retracted.
• The "research" doesn't prove anything through actual experiments but could further fuel conspiracy theories.

Like Voldemort, there is a man whose name shouldn't be uttered, and he delivered a massive blow to modern medicine back in 1998. This person wrote a paper that will hinder prevention campaigns for the novel coronavirus in the coming months. He is none other than Andrew Jeremy Wakefield, the British physician who linked the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism in an infamous 1998 study. The research was retracted some 12 years later in 2010, as researchers discovered severe issues with the way Wakefield handled his patients and conducted his investigation. But the harm was already done. Anti-vaxxers have grown in numbers in recent years, and some of them will resist getting whatever COVID-19 vaccines become available.

Fast forward to July 2020 and I'll point you to the most idiotic coronavirus study that has been released so far. The title alone will be enough to send your eyes rolling back into your head: 5G Technology and induction of coronavirus in skin cells. If left unchecked, this is the kind of "research" that can do a lot of harm in the coming months and years. COVID-19 will not go away anytime soon and conspiracy theories are already making the jobs of officials looking to contain the pandemic harder than they should be. It won't be long until people who think 5G is related to the surge in coronavirus cases start peddling this study to prove its claims. That's actually the reason why everyone needs to be aware of the study right now, especially considering that it was already retracted. This particular topic doesn't have to be censored but it does need to be taken seriously, and other researchers should absolutely review the claims so they can expose all the falsehoods as soon as possible. In the current climate, there's no way we can wait 12 years for it to be debunked.

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