COVID & 5G. Pros and Cons.

Supporting arguments for 5G expansion during COVID:

  • 5G helps with working from home
  • International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection updated its standards to include that 5G poses no significant health risk
  • COVID exposed education achievement gaps in low-income, rural and disadvantaged schools

Opposition arguments for 5G expansion during COVID:

  • unknown adverse health effects like cancer and DNA damage
  • A California petition has more than 3,700 signatures to stop the installation of 5G in schools

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