I predict that there will be a movie where the characters wear masks and socially distance. It’ll be like an artsy indie movie about how we live in a society and you’ll watch it because everyone will be sharing their takes and you don’t wanna be out of the loop and the movie will be ok.

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This is how I feel about 5g. I don’t think the RF levels are high enough to cause cancer or “cook your brain”, but being skeptical about a more than doubling of the background RF radiation, in conjunction with some initial studies that show some metabolic disruption with low-rise long term RF at some of the 5G frequencies maybe suggests that we should take a step back and do some additional longer term tests first rather than rush it to market.

Like, the Covid vaccine I understand there’s a benefit to getting it fast. But 5G? Nobody needs that urgently or even at all. Putting people potentially at risk for slightly better video streaming does not really show a good cost/benefit risk ratio to speed it past testing

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Where did you read about 5g downsides? Something I haven’t researched much and sounds like I should

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There are a lot of studies, but this is a good and reputable overview of some of the more interesting results ( also check out the references therein, if you want more details). I think it is of note that of the studies they looked at, approximately 80% showed effects from irradiation on the functioning of cells (both in vitro of in vivo) : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6765906/

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Awesome, thanks

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They don’t really talk about any of the actual medical concerns that have shown up in the literature though

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Nice, thanks

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