Hi @mrjamesob

We’ve done talks on 5G and the false fears behind it.

It’s been going on for years but largely underground. In recent years it’s been spread by social media and the Covid 19 fears have poured petrol on the whole thing.

It needs a multi pronged reply /1
Ridicule of the idea (not the person) has its place as does compassion and persuasion but ultimately it requires an wider understanding of our own ability to fool ourselves. /2
Much of it is linked to wider conspiratorial thinking, of fear of big government / pharma / Oil and banks. Add in that telecoms companies and tech companies are so all encompassing in our lives today, then it’s no wonder they get targeted too.

The 5G fears are liked with /3
...Fears of surveillance, facial recognition, electronic banking and data harvesting.
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