Activists claim 5G is ‘exacerbating’ coronavirus

Conspiracy theorists fear that 5G wifi networks could be acting as an “accelerator” for the new coronavirus. Critics of the ultra-fast network erroneously claim it could be “exacerbating” Covid-19. An activist said: “We can’t say 5G has caused the coronavirus, but it might be exacerbating it.” Others have claimed the new virus is a cover-up for the alleged affects of 5G. As the UK’s independent fact-checking charity, Full Fact, says: “This is incorrect, the new coronavirus is a virus and there is no evidence that 5G is harmful to people’s health.”

Spanish police stop man’s dog lockdown scheme

A man in Spain has tried unsuccessfully to rent out his dogs to people wanting to exploit a loophole in the lockdown rules which allow people out to walk a dog. A police spokeswoman in the northeastern Galicia region said of the thwarted scheme: “That would be infringing the decree that only permits going outdoors for work, groceries, walking your dog or pharmacy visits.”

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Independence Day cloud spooks people

An orange mushroom-like cloud appeared over Portugal and reminded people of a scene from the Will Smith disaster movie Independence Day. When footage showed the cloud spanning a huge distance across a highway, one commenter wrote: “Looks like entities revealing its arrival from depths... unknown” and another added: “We are all gonna die today!”

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