activistpost--2020-01-24--Amazing: A Global 5G Protest! More Amazing: Few People Seem to Know What 5G Is (Bullet Summary)

Author ’ s Note : This Summary lists discussion points in the article What Do YOU Mean When You Say “ 5G ” ?
( majorly revised and updated ) .
The full text is strongly encouraged ; but two Summaries have been published for fast-trackers .
This more detailed one , for those who ’ d rather pick and choose , and a Text Summary for those who prefer a more general sweep .
Both provide a means for seeing “ 5G ” more clearly , and quickly accessing areas of particular interest .
When you say , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” please be sure you haven ’ t been misled about what it is , what you are opposing – or want .
Most “ 5G ” opposition presents more hysteria than fact .
“ 5G ” ( in quotes ) indicates the lack of a critical distinction that forms the basis of this article .
Although “ 5G ” and its implementation are confusing enough ( not even the Industry has settled all details ) , compounding the problem unnecessarily is the output of most opposers , which suggests they don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or aren ’ t saying .
Opposition includes erroneous information , omissions , sometimes propaganda – and sometimes utter nonsense – alongside some truth – even from those who should know better , such as “ concerned scientists ” .
The “ Stop 5G !
” mantra irresponsibly leaves environment , people , and communities in greater jeopardy than do the ominous facts .
This article attempts to raise some ‘ dust ’ and clear the air at the same time .
Because carrier rollouts and stories of harm are major opposition concerns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how “ 5G ” hysteria makes things worse in various cases .
Safety testing , history of official awareness of harm , and opposition priorities are also discussed .
“ 5G ” confusion revolves around some technical things , but non-techies need not be intimidated .
Easily understood basics are all one needs .
Like musical notes , the signals to and from devices and towers are just vibrational frequencies .
Comparison ends there , however , because telecom/WiFi frequencies are microwave radiation like in your microwave oven , not acoustic .
Many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in telecom/WiFi .
But for a quick and easy ‘ course ’ in frequency ( and wavelength ) if needed , please read the first 4 paragraphs of The Physics section of Wireless Technology : The Plain Physics & Biophysics ( the section and article need key revisions in certain specifics , but the principles remain ) .
Natural microwave radiation of vanishingly low power comes to Earth from the universe .
It ’ s called the ‘ cosmic background level ’ – what life has evolved in .
Like man-made microwave , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ properties and is called an electro-magnetic field ( EMF ) .
Opinions vary on its frequency range , one being that it covers the same range as artificial microwave , 300 MHz to 300 GHz – the top section of the entire manmade radio frequency spectrum ( 3 KHz to 300 GHz ) .
Telecom/WiFi microwave is greatly amplified compared to the background .
It ’ s also digital .
It ’ s an artificial , amplified , digital , polarized , modulated ( pulsed ) electrical and magnetic force .
All biological @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well .
Thus , why you can be electrocuted ; and why magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) does what it does .
Despite “ 5G ” hysteria , all telecom/WiFi signals are fundamentally identical : Life-negative .
Their electromagnetic force interferes with critical functions controlled by the very low-power , highly sensitive electrical/magnetic properties of living systems — regardless of frequency or any power level , including far below what would ‘ microwave ’ ( heat or cook ) you .
If an electrical device causes static or otherwise interferes with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ music system , or any electrical circuit , it ’ s called “ radio frequency ” ( RF ) interference .
The FCC strictly regulates this .
Wireless telecom/WiFi radio frequency interference gives living systems inaudible static .
By embracing scientific fraud , the FCC very poorly regulates this .
One reason is , it can ’ t be properly regulated anyway – and they know it .
While acknowledging that 2G-4G is seriously harmful , even ultimately fatal ( but only if not properly ‘ managed , ’ ) opposers argue ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5G ” frequencies and infrastructure will make a terminal situation worse .
More fatal ( no laughing now ) .
Instead of “ Stop Wireless !
” they emphasize the “ new ” threat .
Which it is not , fundamentally .
Several ploys are ‘ em-ployed ’ to ‘ make cases , ’ as we ’ ll see .
The horrendous threat that opposition hysteria warns of is not “ 5G ” per se , but wireless ‘ techn-all-the-G ’ s ’ per se .
Wireless epitomizes the long-standing willingness of techno-adults @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kids , and create illness in numerous ways , for money , convenience , and entertainment — the three main selling points of wireless ‘ technolo-G ’ .
With few exceptions , “ 5G ” opposers cling to the fatal hope of continuing with 3G/4G wireless – via proper use and management , of course .
There have been appeals by scientists to ( corrupted ) official bodies , asking for what can ’ t exist – safe , safer , or biologically based exposure limits .
This is discussed in more detail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There is also every manner of device , gadget , clothing , shrouds , paint and metal to protect humans from a pathological threat that shouldn ’ t even exist .
This is considered sane and clever .
And does it make business .
While business is being made , the worst threat by far proceeds – ecosystem damage/collapse .
It gets mentions in the hysteria , but rarely the keen , priority-one emphasis it demands .
Some assertions below are solid , others “ depend , ” some are of necessity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Therefore , anyone having verifiable information clarifying , enhancing , correcting , or , especially , refuting anything said here , PLEASE share via Comments .
The goal is truth .
By reviewing this material , the reader should be well equipped to evaluate the output of pundits/scientists , websites , forums , summits , writers and reporters stressing the “ 5G crisis ” .
• Hysterical opposition to “ 5G ” has created dangerous misconception , beginning with careless misuse of the very term “ 5G ” .
• When most people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its ‘ extremely high frequency ’ ( EHF ) range of microwave radiation , often called “ millimeter wave ” ( MMW ) .
This is inaccurate , confusing and dangerous .
EHF and 5G EHF are specified .
• At least 4 Important distinctions must be kept in mind for understanding and discussing “ 5G , ” especially one between the two 5G ’ s – high frequency 5G and mid-band to low-band 5G .
• Some terms are suggested to clear confusion and enhance discussion .
“ 5G millimeter wave ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ 5G mid-/low-band ” ( 5Gmlb ) for traditional 2G-4G frequencies being called 5G ( more below ) .
“ Enclosure ” houses antennas .
A “ fixture ” is a mounted enclosure .
• Common , confusing warnings are discussed : 1 ) “ 5G small cells are not small ” ; 2 ) the installations can be “ hundreds of pounds , right in your front yard ” ; and 3 ) antennas will be densely located — “ every few homes.
” • The term “ small cell ” is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fixtures instead of the area covered by antenna range .
5Gmmw has short range , thus its cell is small .
‘ Making cases ’ .
• MMW easily blocked , even by leaves and heavy rain , gets worse with increasing frequency requiring more fixture locations .
Hysteria rarely notes that 5Gmlb is a large cell and is not blocked .
• “ FLD ” is for fixture location density .
Common warnings about implementation are in serious question at this writing ( more later ) .
• Small cells are not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
There are traditionally three kinds .
• From the outset : Opposition implies 5G is small cells/MMW .
Typically careless statement given as example .
• “ The skin ’ s sweat ducts act as receiving antennas for 5G ” is speculative , based on a stretched interpretation of an Israeli study .
Study details reviewed .
Wording of its “ warning-flag ” conclusion applies conceptually to all G ’ s .
Harm was known decades before 2G ( see History of Official Awareness ) .
• Insufficient correlation to say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Making cases ?
• “ 5G is a weapon ” is based carelessly on the military ’ s ADS system that heats the skin .
No correlation with commercial 5G mobile .
MMW is no more weapon than 2G-4G .
• 2G began as a military weapon and was adapted to telecom .
Entire wireless telecom system is a weapon .
• All telecom/WiFi wireless frequencies , 2G-4G , will cook you at sufficiently high power levels .
Telecom 5Gmmw at commercial levels will not .
• A powerful Air Force radar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you in a nanosecond at 450 MHz , so forget whine about “ 5G weapon.
” • No ADS power range found , but did find a military “ directed energy ” study .
• Power of microwave ovens and towers/phones compared .
ADS configuration chosen to limit penetration depth .
• No wattage output for 5G MLB or MMW antennas found , but did find Specific Absorption Rate ( SAR ) of a 5Gmmw antenna for 28 and 38 GHz and compared with FCC standard .
• “ 5G ” per se @ @ @ @ @ @ @ encouraging continued use of pathological 3G/4G/WiFi wireless devices .
Techno-humans adept at sickening and killing themselves , poisoning the kids , and destroying environment for money , convenience and entertainment .
• “ 5G has not been safety tested ” is a ploy .
That the FCC and Industry openly admit this is sometimes tossed into the pot of “ 5G ” atrocities , whereas , the basic issue is wireless tech per se .
• In 1996 , FCC finally adopted ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1992 , covering frequencies from 3 KHz to 300 GHz @ @ @ @ @ @ @ included .
The latest is ANSI/IEEE C95.1-2019 .
• FCC assertion that “ 5G ” poses no risk and needs no testing is same fraud used to make assurances about 3G in 1996 : “ No heat , no harm.
” This author warned of this response to “ Stop 5G ” in the 2/2019 article Could Opposition to 5G ( per se ) Be Ill Advised ?
• Huge volume of science beginning in the 1950s brings up question whether *proper* testing was ever done .
• FCC discredits or merely dismisses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clearly revealed by older historical documents ( see History of Official Awareness below ) .
• “ Current FCC exposure limits are outdated.
” All official testing is fraud , can ’ t be “ outdated.
” • “ Outdated ” always comes with the even more irresponsible suggestion that “ safe ” , “ safer ” , or “ biologically based ” exposure limits are needed , when no such thing can exist .
• More detail on the original testing cited two in sections of Wireless Technology : Ultra Convenient .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pathological .
• Where infrastructure is concerned , emphasis from the outset in mainstream opposition has been on millions of new , closely spaced installations nationwide , up and down ‘ Your Street USA.
’ But things seem to be developing differently .
Even the Industry hasn ’ t settled on final arrangements ( pun intended ) .
• A new “ 5G NR ” international wireless standard covers two frequency ranges , FR1 , FR2 .
One , for current bands below 6 GHz ( 3G/4G , i.e.
, 5Gmlb ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ separate for now • 5G NR defines new protocols for MLB , providing at least 35 % more 4G speed , while being called 5G without distinction .
5Gmlb can use same towers as 4G , has same range and penetration , but new antennas .
• 5G NR entails several new technologies needing only a mention , including “ MIMO ” antennas for small cells and beamforming ( more later ) .
• Plans being made to market 5G in an unlicensed 3.5 GHz band of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ current smartphones can be updated to process 5Gmlb ; but 5Gmmw will require new ( expensive ) phones .
Field tests : Samsung Galaxy S10 ( good shot of 5Gmmw antenna/node in first article ) .
Both advise ‘ holding off ’ on new , 5G phones .
• Two possible motives behind “ 5G ” hysteria are addressed .
• Two dissections of news stories causing 5G rollout confusion – the UK ’ s 6/26/19 Glastonbury Festival and a notable 9/21/19 protest in Bern , Switzerland .
Neither report clarifies which “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protest article laced with dubious statements , notably the wearingly repeated hysteria that “ 5G ” constitutes a “ massive experiment on all species ” .
• Implied is that 2G-4G were not experiments .
Paradox : They were and were not .
Distinctions must be made .
• Crucial to keep in mind that all deleterious effects of EMF/RF were well understood by the wider scientific community , the UN/WHO , militaries and governments by the mid-1970s .
• Decision made long ago to put life/people at risk ( see History of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yes/no experiment is not IF harm , but when , and how the explosion will play out .
• “ Good ” news : Human health collapse could be prevented – by ecosystem collapse .
Race is on .
• What ’ s happening ‘ on the ground.
’ The two 5G FR setups can be illustrated by looking at what just three carriers are doing : T-Mobile , Sprint and Verizon .
• Sprint ’ s plans are to run in the 2.5 GHz band using “ massive ” MIMO ( more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not bothering with MMW at all ( although plans a merger with T-Mobile , who is ) .
• Verizon ’ s “ 5G Ultra Wideband ” ( UWB ) called “ Verizon 5G Home Internet ” is being run in Houston , Indianapolis , LA and Sacramento .
Verizon says this is MMW ( 5Gmmw ) .
But it “ …will also deploy 5G technology on lower frequency bands including 700 MHz-2500 MHz frequency range… ” • Sacramento seems a most enthusiastic host .
Website features Verizon UWB installation at citizen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Sacramento also prides itself on attaining “ Smart City ” status ( more below ) .
• Verizon ’ s 5Gmmw , for mobile , is being offered/tested in urban areas – could be its final destination .
• Santa Rosa typifies cities forestalling “ 5G ” for precautionary reasons .
Right move , very wrong reason , with 3G/4G still operating .
Again , the danger of “ 5G ” hysteria .
• The forgoing rollouts are all being called 5G .
Drawing most early 5G protest was , and is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closely spaced fixtures nationwide .
There now seems to be serious question about this .
• A report on new Qualcomm smartphone 5Gmmw antennas also covers antennas for MLB : “ …a four-member family of radio modules designed for larger cell 5G coverage – that is , outside the dense urban areas and indoor environments… ( 5Gmlb , emphasis added ) .
• It ’ s widely held that the Internet of Things ( IoT ) is specific to 5Gmmw , but two Israeli Qualcomm techs say 4G can handle it .
Probably @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t needed for car-to-car communication .
The attempted deployment of smart utility meters on ( 4G ) WiFi supports what the Qualcomm techs say .
• 5Gmlb makes sense for IoT , if IoT ’ s exclusive to MMW , and if that won ’ t be everywhere ( on the ground ) , it trashes the concept .
• I didn ’ t invest time trying to find where dense fixture locations are happening in neighborhoods .
Rollout info suggests only populous areas .
Readers who ’ ve seen this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• If FLD is occurring outside major cities or populous areas , question arises about the purpose .
• Verizon CEO Lowell McAdams said in an interview that FLD is “ …one of the myths about 5G… ” True , but not the whole truth .
McAdam touted 5Gmmw for Smart cities , driverless cars and virtual reality .
• No matter the 5G version , wireless per se is the foundation for managing/controlling every aspect of daily life with “ Smart ” technology .
• None of the above means things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could be precursor to an FLD/MMW invasion or satellite saturation in outlying areas .
Speculation on MMW future and interface between ground and satellite purposes and services .
• Parenthetical discussion of Sacramento-City web page showing total-surveillance/human-control system rapidly gestating under auspices of “ Smart City for public safety/benefits ” – especially “ Projects in Progress ” .
Note promise of “ STEM , ” the nationwide programming for turning kids into corporate plug-ins .
• STEM promises techno-shiny future , and exerts direct impact — to advantage or disaster .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ justify ” the sum of the latter .
Imagine the potential chaos once a Smart City become hackers target .
• Mostly confusion in these reports , all implying 5Gmmw .
No clear indication of which “ 5G ” is involved in most cases – 5Gmmw or 5Gmlb .
• People see new infrastructure and assume MMW .
• All harms reported thus far are classic 2G-4G symptoms .
Most are the “ Electrohypersensitivity ( EHS ) type ( “ EHS , ” a misnomer , see Idaho story near end of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been used to support claims of harm , but ordinary meters can ’ t read MMW .
Such meters are professional , expensive , technical equipment .
• A true 5G phone would ID MMW and MLB , but no meter shows frequencies , so even a pro one wouldn ’ t reveal which frequencies are present .
• Long-term previous exposure plays into “ 5G ” harm .
Harm “ verified ” by ordinary meters proves 4G harm , one way or another .
• One hawker claims its ordinary meter can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brought to you by hysteria .
• For most situations , meters not much use for most people – no safe exposure level ( see History of Official Awareness below ) .
• Meters sometimes useful for people using shielding , etc , but symptom improvement doesn ’ t mean harm stops.. • Differences between MMW effects and long-reported classic 2G-4G effects can tentatively identify 5G frequency type .
• MMW potentially threatens skin and eyes .
A study irresponsibly ( underhandedly ? )
cited in an article to prove “ 5G ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Study also implies that any microwave frequency at sufficient power can cook and kill you .
• Possible , but still speculative , that 5Gmmw can cause MLB effects , because conductive body tissues can carry induced currents deep into the body .
• MIMO ( ‘ my-mo ’ ) antenna tech has been used for MLB for more than a decade .
The new development is “ massive ” MIMO , or many antenna elements in one enclosure for aiming beams of radiation .
• One question is whether massive MIMO antenna @ @ @ @ @ @ @ traditional antennas .
It ’ s possible .
It seems one could get caught in a ‘ crossfire ’ of beams , although a sea of radiation hardly seems better .
• Aiming doesn ’ t necessarily mean higher power hitting you just because the beam is focused .
Relaying beams avoids high power output per beam .
• Hysteria often warns of an outrageously high increase in power output with “ 5G ” and “ small cells.
” For a few reasons , this seems unlikely .
• Details of several typical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thinking that shutting down or moving a tower will make people safe or “ safer ” in general ( no one ’ s talking ecosystem ) .
Three show the effect of 5G hysteria – one outrageously , and one , a general concern about wireless , per se .
• Story of a Sacramento family alleging harm from Verizon antenna installed near home illustrates confusion .
Testimony before Sacramento City Council , 6/25/19 – with mayor present .
• Type of antenna not given , but probably a MMW fixture for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5G UWB launched 10/1/19 in Sacramento — again with the mayor attending .
• Strange that testimony date precedes stated launch date .
Maybe there had to be tests .
Maybe the PR announcement date was carefully chosen for whatever reason .
• Opening video display screen says , “ Children Sick After 4G/5G Small Cell Installation… ” What does that mean ?
Incident suggests MMW effect , but still shows need to know what you mean when you say “ 5G ” – or “ 4G/5G ” .
• Mother seems to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ although she commits the “ outdated ” faux pas ) , but her suggestion that “ shielding ” solved the illness won ’ t be taken seriously .
• Typically too , she seems not to consider that power level below heating , along with antenna proximity , make little to no difference in terms of ongoing harm .
• Even if new 5Gmlb antennas pose greater health risk , it ’ s academic , because the ‘ pre-5G ’ endgame is the same – fatal .
• Outrageous opposition-induced hysteria from Gateshead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ street lights .
Dangers of LED lights cited .
• News report from Cincinnati shows folks in the dark about 5G , thanks to hysteria .
Story from Ripon , San Joaquin County , CA , shows better awareness of wireless threat .
Both show dangerous thinking about shutting down/moving tower ( no one talking ecosystem ) .
• An RT America report on Cincinnati , based on the original story , is cited as accurate example of common confusion , misleading information and “ 5G ” hype sprinkled with fact .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) a case of “ new infrastructure/hysteria .
No one seems to have been upset by 4G wireless or its towers previously .
It ’ s a tall , cylindrical “ mystery tower ” that people fear will soon be sending out “ 5G signals ” .. • 9/27/19 update shows interview with concerned nurse .
“ 5G-hysteria ” victim lacks understanding of wireless , will feel safer if that tower with the ‘ unknown effects ’ goes away .
Will she be safer ?
• Tall , new-look tower with cylindrical fixture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Looks nothing like Verizon ’ s 5Gmmw antenna seen in phone report in the 5G Rollouts section .
• Update also says it ’ s a Sprint tower , so can ’ t be MMW .
“ 5G ” fear an assumption driven by hysteria .
• What ’ s in cylindrical fixture and its specific functions are anyone ’ s guess .
• Update also notes that shorter , cylindrical black towers are popping up — Verizon ’ s .
Verizon spokesman confirms they ’ re new small cellular towers currently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ future “ 5G ” ( similar to Sprint ’ s story ? )
, meaning what ?
• 3/12/19 San Joaquin report also concerns tall tower with cylindrical fixture “ too close to school.
” No 5G fear , more general awareness of wireless danger .
‘ Cluster ’ of cancer victims .
• Three teachers and four students with various cancers since 2016 Also 22 year-old former male student .
No mention of whether teachers and young man were exposed to any other towers/devices .
Just that nasty tower… • Ripon case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contradicted official assurance that tower tested OK. Shows common ignorance : “ …kids are still developing and shouldn ’ t be exposed.
” • Sprint shut tower down , agreed to relocate .
Good PR , suggests industry/towns will back down .
• Two more reasons : First is overlooked threat of imminent disaster due to long-term exposure and probably cumulative effect ( see History of Official Awareness below ) .
• Second reason , bogus advice ‘ distance is your friend ’ — the argument for slow death over quicker death , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greater distance can make things worse .
• Any antenna to which any living thing is exposed is too close .
• Reducing exposure comes in two forms – usage tips and lower exposure limits .
Both futile .
• Reliance on power level to determine safety is largely a convenience , not science .
Several other factors make determination too complex .
They keep it simple-y deadly .
• Harm stories indicate people seem to think it just happened .
Fatal error .
Felt or not , effects can occur any time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way of knowing they weren ’ t ‘ due ’ anyway .
• An organization called EHS Idaho collects reports on incidence and effects in the Idaho population of electrohypersensitivity ( EHS ) .
Term misleading .
“ OES ” – Overt ElectroSensitivity – suggested .
• An estimated 35 % of the Idaho population suffers mild to moderate symptoms , with 3 % to 10 % “ devastating , life-altering.
” • Estimated 100 million suffer ‘ OES ’ globally .
As bad as this is , it ’ s not nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ easily get .
Call this “ pre-terminal disaster.
” • Illness caused by wireless radiation not new or unique to it , even though lists and categories of issues attributed to it .
• Question : how much of today ’ s ecosystem decline and rampant illness – all known prior to wireless era – is attributable in whole or part to wireless tech ( or even the whole range of RF we ’ bathe ’ in ) ?
• If officials even know ( doubtful ) , they ’ re not telling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ although the perpetrators might be more aware ) , and not that many seem even to care ; but it ’ s almost certainly huge .
• For sick users — much habituated , obsessed , and addicted — seeing and feeling nothing doctors attribute to wireless , there ’ s little incentive to quit 3G/4G .
• But quitting 3G/4G – at the retail level – must be done for survival , and that ’ s how to beat 5G — on the ground , anyway .
Allowing 4G to continue , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the noted imminent effects – eco-collapse and massive *overt* health crises .
• Manifesto : Anyone who understands the fatal threat but still uses wireless technology – for whatever tiring , self-involved ‘ excuse ’ – or for the promise of safe exposure limits and exposure reduction – is irradiating our source of life and fellow humans directly , with devices and by supporting the tower system ‘ bathing ’ everything 24/7 .
Such a user is an accessory before and during the fact to criminal behavior leading to ecocide and slow genocide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global enslavement in the technosphere .
• If we don ’ t stop 3G/4G , welcome all 5G .
I Surrender will mercifully hasten an end to the coming agony .
• One historical document acknowledging harm FCC denies is 1981 WHO report , Environmental Health Criteria : Radiofrequency and Microwaves .
Biologic Effects and Health Hazards of Microwave Radiation : Proceedings on International Symposium 1973 .
• Very long report covers frequencies from 100 KHz to 300 GHz , but telecom/WiFi harm for last three decades has come from digital 2G-4G frequencies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , revealing ruthless deception .
It ’ s all most people need to read .
Section 1.1.6. admits safe level should be “ …close to natural background levels ” .
Natural background microwave is analog , not artificial , digital , polarized or modulated ( pulsed ) .
So there is a safe , “ biologically based ” limit after all : zero .
• Safety “ not technically feasible.
” Assumption that technology more important than environment and human health .
• Notes and quotes from a presentation at 2009 Whole Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1950s .
No indication in Summary if 1973 Warsaw Symposium or 1981 WHO reviewers were aware .
• No indication in Summary that Symposium/WHO were aware of military microwave stealth-weapon research begun in 1950s .
What eventually became 2G .
• Worth repeating : The most dire threat is to ecosystem , not humans .
No exposed living thing is immune .
• threat to planet isn ’ t just about radiation , but about the entire process involved in creating it .
One thing is certain about most technology , regardless of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to planet isn ’ t just about radiation , but about process of creating it.. • From resource acquisition ( especially mining ) to disposal , technology is toxic to planet and biosphere .
Wireless covers the whole process .
• “ Wired ” systems will not stop this assault .
• The attitude revealed in the WHO document about safety – “ not technically feasible ” – hasn ’ t changed .
• If one isn ’ t careful , one might conclude “ 5G ” opposers think humans can do quite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hysteria focused on ground antennas , while well more than 50,000 new satellites are underway and proposed , a horrific threat .
• Heavy pollution produced by each launch , as well as massive removal of atmospheric oxygen .
dynamic graph linked .
• Much still up in the air on satellites .
Plan seems to be shoot them up first , answer proprietary questions later , dismissing anyone else ’ s .
• In Europe there are calls for science papers on satellite/5G integration .
There is an appeal to ‘ stop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emphasis remains disproportionately on ground installations .
• Arrogant FCC has flatly dismissed legitimate concerns raised by NASA , NOAA and more .
Does such arrogance suggest level of power beyond corporate/governmental ?
• Might such arrogance indicate a certain level of supra-CorporateGovernmental power from which this atrocity originates ?
• Best way to beat 5G on the ground is to reject all current wireless ( 3G/4G ) at the commercial level .
This could well impact satellites also .
• Outcry on satellites – and drones , for that matter – should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Taking into account what physics and biophysics suggest about power levels and biosensitivity respectively ; and what the WHO document ( and other historical documents ) report about effects and safe level ; what ’ s known about unnoticed effects accumulating over time in living systems ; and the fact that environment and humans have been exposed for almost 3 decades now , does anyone feel that 2G-4G wireless isn ’ t , of itself , a quite sufficient terminal nightmare ?
• The race is on between ecosystem collapse and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( or 5G FR1 ) to continue potentiates imminent disaster .
• Experience shows that appeals , based on science , to governments at all levels ; to national and international regulatory bodies , and so on is an exercise in futility .
• It ’ s in the people ’ s hands .
Give up wireless per se or give up the future – liberty first , then life .
If not , then welcome all 5G .
It will mercifully shorten the coming agony .
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Author’s Note: This Summary lists discussion points in the article What Do YOU Mean When You Say “5G”? (majorly revised and updated). The full text is strongly encouraged; but two Summaries have been published for fast-trackers. This more detailed one, for those who’d rather pick and choose, and a Text Summary for those who prefer a more general sweep. Both provide a means for seeing “5G” more clearly, and quickly accessing areas of particular interest.
Introduction to Full Text
When you say, “5G” or ”Stop 5G,” please be sure you haven’t been misled about what it is, what you are opposing – or want. Most “5G” opposition presents more hysteria than fact.
“5G” (in quotes) indicates the lack of a critical distinction that forms the basis of this article. Although “5G” and its implementation are confusing enough (not even the Industry has settled all details), compounding the problem unnecessarily is the output of most opposers, which suggests they don’t really know what it is – or aren’t saying.
Opposition includes erroneous information, omissions, sometimes propaganda – and sometimes utter nonsense – alongside some truth – even from those who should know better, such as “concerned scientists”.
The “Stop 5G!” mantra irresponsibly leaves environment, people, and communities in greater jeopardy than do the ominous facts. This article attempts to raise some ‘dust’ and clear the air at the same time.
Because carrier rollouts and stories of harm are major opposition concerns, much detail is given to show how “5G” hysteria makes things worse in various cases. Safety testing, history of official awareness of harm, and opposition priorities are also discussed.
“5G” confusion revolves around some technical things, but non-techies need not be intimidated. Easily understood basics are all one needs. Like musical notes, the signals to and from devices and towers are just vibrational frequencies. Comparison ends there, however, because telecom/WiFi frequencies are microwave radiation like in your microwave oven, not acoustic.
Many people are familiar with frequency designations used in telecom/WiFi. But for a quick and easy ‘course’ in frequency (and wavelength) if needed, please read the first 4 paragraphs of The Physics section of Wireless Technology: The Plain Physics & Biophysics (the section and article need key revisions in certain specifics, but the principles remain).
Natural microwave radiation of vanishingly low power comes to Earth from the universe. It’s called the ‘cosmic background level’ – what life has evolved in. Like man-made microwave, this energy wave has electric and magnetic properties and is called an electro-magnetic field (EMF). Opinions vary on its frequency range, one being that it covers the same range as artificial microwave, 300 MHz to 300 GHz – the top section of the entire manmade radio frequency spectrum (3 KHz to 300 GHz).
Telecom/WiFi microwave is greatly amplified compared to the background. It’s also digital. It’s an artificial, amplified, digital, polarized, modulated (pulsed) electrical and magnetic force.
All biological systems have electrical and magnetic properties as well. Thus, why you can be electrocuted; and why magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) does what it does.
Despite “5G” hysteria, all telecom/WiFi signals are fundamentally identical: Life-negative.
Their electromagnetic force interferes with critical functions controlled by the very low-power, highly sensitive electrical/magnetic properties of living systems — regardless of frequency or any power level, including far below what would ‘microwave’ (heat or cook) you.
If an electrical device causes static or otherwise interferes with a radio (as in static), music system, or any electrical circuit, it’s called “radio frequency” (RF) interference. The FCC strictly regulates this.
Wireless telecom/WiFi radio frequency interference gives living systems inaudible static. By embracing scientific fraud, the FCC very poorly regulates this. One reason is, it can’t be properly regulated anyway – and they know it.
While acknowledging that 2G-4G is seriously harmful, even ultimately fatal (but only if not properly ‘managed,’) opposers argue (with a straight face) that “5G” frequencies and infrastructure will make a terminal situation worse. More fatal (no laughing now).
Instead of “Stop Wireless!” they emphasize the “new” threat. Which it is not, fundamentally. Several ploys are ‘em-ployed’ to ‘make cases,’ as we’ll see.
The horrendous threat that opposition hysteria warns of is not “5G” per se, but wireless ‘techn-all-the-G’s’ per se. Wireless epitomizes the long-standing willingness of techno-adults to wreck the planet, poison the kids, and create illness in numerous ways, for money, convenience, and entertainment — the three main selling points of wireless ‘technolo-G’.
With few exceptions, “5G” opposers cling to the fatal hope of continuing with 3G/4G wireless – via proper use and management, of course. There have been appeals by scientists to (corrupted) official bodies, asking for what can’t exist – safe, safer, or biologically based exposure limits. This is discussed in more detail in the ‘physics’ article above.
There is also every manner of device, gadget, clothing, shrouds, paint and metal to protect humans from a pathological threat that shouldn’t even exist. This is considered sane and clever. And does it make business.
While business is being made, the worst threat by far proceeds – ecosystem damage/collapse. It gets mentions in the hysteria, but rarely the keen, priority-one emphasis it demands.
Some assertions below are solid, others “depend,” some are of necessity speculation. Things can change rapidly. Therefore, anyone having verifiable information clarifying, enhancing, correcting, or, especially, refuting anything said here, PLEASE share via Comments. The goal is truth.
By reviewing this material, the reader should be well equipped to evaluate the output of pundits/scientists, websites, forums, summits, writers and reporters stressing the “5G crisis”.
Bullet Summary
Corresponding Section titles precede the bulleted items.
Particulars/Warnings
Like previous “G’s,” the “next generation” wireless – “5G” – is dangerous by itself. But so is the hysterical “Stop 5G!” campaign.
By careless use of the very term “5G,” opposition hysteria creates dangerous confusion.
One thing opposers mean is that “5G” is its extremely high frequency (EHF) range of microwave radiation, often called “millimeter wave” (MMW). This is inaccurate, confusing and dangerous.
EHF and “5G” EHF are specified.
At least 4 Important distinctions exist, especially one between the two 5G’s – high frequency 5G and mid-band to low-band 5G (more below in 5G Rollouts ).
). Some terms are suggested for discussion. “5G millimeter wave” (5Gmmw) for high frequency; “5G mid-/low-band” (5Gmlb) for traditional 2G-4G frequencies being called 5G. “Enclosure” houses antennas. A “fixture” is a mounted enclosure.
Common, confusing warnings debunked: 1) “5G small cells are not small”; 2) installations can be “hundreds of pounds, right in your front yard”; and 3) antennas will be densely located — “every few homes.”
“FLD” is for fixture location density. Common warnings about implementation are in serious question at this writing (more later).
“Small cells” are not antennas and are small, but not new, not created for “5G”. There are traditionally three kinds.
From the outset: Saying “5G” to indicate only “small cells”/MMW is irresponsible, misleading. Typically careless statement quoted.
“The skin’s sweat ducts act as receiving antennas for 5G” is speculative, based on a stretched interpretation of an Israeli study (details reviewed, including important discussion of test-bed frequencies).
Wording of study’s “warning-flag” applies conceptually to all G’s. Harm was known decades before 2G (see History of Official Awareness ).
). Based on frequency, insufficient correlation to say sweat ducts are “5G” antennas. Making cases?
“5G is a weapon” is another ‘stretch’ based carelessly on the military’s ADS system, that heats the skin. No correlation with commercial 5G mobile.
MMW is no more weapon than 2G-4G. 2G was military stealth-weaponry adapted to telecom. Entire wireless telecom system is a potential weapon.
All telecom/WiFi wireless frequencies, 2G-4G, will cook you at sufficiently high power levels. Telecom 5Gmmw at commercial levels will not.
A powerful Air Force radar system, Pave Paws, will cook you in a nanosecond at 450 MHz, so forget “5G weapon” rhetoric.
No ADS power range found, but did find military “directed energy” study. ADS adjustable enough to be lethal.
Power of microwave ovens and towers/phones compared. ADS configuration chosen to limit penetration depth (see Reports of Harm ).
). No wattage output for 5G MLB or MMW antennas found, but did find Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of a 5Gmmw antenna for 28 and 38 GHz and compared with FCC standard.
SAR discussed – useless for assessing radiation absorption or comparing phones.
“5G” per se opposition creates dangerous false sense of security encouraging continued use of ecocidal, pathological 3G/4G/WiFi wireless systems.
Safety Testing
“5G has not been safety tested” is a ploy. That the FCC and Industry openly admit this is sometimes tossed into the pot of “5G” atrocities, whereas, the basic issue is wireless tech per se.
In 1996, FCC finally adopted ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1992, covering frequencies from 3 KHz to 300 GHz, in which range all MMW is included. The latest is ANSI/IEEE C95.1-2019.
covering frequencies from 3 KHz to 300 GHz, in which range all MMW is included. The latest is FCC assertion that “5G” poses no risk and needs no testing is same fraud adopted in 1996: “No heat, no harm.” This author warned of this response to “Stop 5G” in 2/2019 article.
Huge volume of science beginning in the 1950’s brings up question whether *proper* testing was ever done.
FCC discredits or merely dismisses existing science. This blatant criminality is clearly revealed by older historical documents (see History of Official Awareness below).
below). “Current FCC exposure limits are outdated.” All official testing is fraud, can’t be “outdated.”
“Outdated” always comes with the even more irresponsible suggestion that “safe”, “safer”, or “biologically based” exposure limits are needed, when no such thing can exist.
More detail on the original testing cited two in sections of Wireless Technology: Ultra Convenient. Endlessly Entertaining. Criminally Instigated. Terminally Pathological.
5G Rollouts
Heavy emphasis from outset on millions of new, closely spaced fixtures nationwide, but things developing differently.
A new “5G NR” international wireless standard covers two frequency ranges, FR1, FR2. One, 5Gmlb. Two, 5Gmmw. Public WiFi remains as is for now, but Verizon offering MMW home Internet in 4 cities.
5G NR defines new protocols for MLB, providing at least 35% more 4G speed, while being called 5G without distinction.
5Gmlb can use same towers as 4G, has same range and penetration, but new antennas.
5G NR entails several new technologies needing only a mention, including “MIMO” antennas for small cells and beamforming (more later).
Plans in place to market 5G in an unlicensed 3.5 GHz band of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service. MLB called 5G.
Apparently, current smartphones can be updated to process 5Gmlb; but 5Gmmw will require new (expensive) phones.
Two independent field tests: Samsung Galaxy S10 (good shot of 5Gmmw antenna/node in first article). Both advise ‘holding off’ on new, 5G phones.
Two possible motives behind “5G” hysteria are addressed.
Two dissections of news stories displaying 5G rollout confusion – the UK’s 6/26/19 Glastonbury Festival and a notable 9/21/19 protest in Bern, Switzerland. Neither report clarifies which “5G” was involved.
Glastonbury protest article laced with dubious statements, notably the wearingly repeated hysteria that “5G” constitutes a “massive experiment on all species”.
Implied is that 2G-4G were not experiments. Paradox: They were and were not. Distinctions must be made (more below).
Crucial to keep in mind that all deleterious effects of EMF/RF were well understood by the wider scientific community, the UN/WHO, militaries and governments by the mid-1970’s.
Decision made long ago to put life/people at risk (see History of Official Awareness ). Thus, thus the yes/no experiment is not IF harm, but when, and how the explosion will play out.
). Thus, thus the yes/no experiment is not IF harm, but when, and how the explosion will play out. “Good” news: Human health collapse could be prevented – by ecosystem collapse. Race is on.
What’s happening ‘on the ground.’ The two 5G FR setups can be illustrated by looking at plans of three carriers: T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon.
T-Mobile has announced a nationwide 5Gmlb rollout at 600 MHz .
. Sprint’s plans are the 2.5 GHz band using “massive” MIMO (more below). No MMW at all.
using “massive” MIMO (more below). No MMW at all. Verizon’s “5G Ultra Wideband” (UWB) aka “Verizon 5G Home Internet” (5Gmmw) is being run in four cities.
Verizon “…will also deploy 5G technology on lower frequency bands including 700 MHz-2500 MHz frequency range…” (5Gmlb)
frequency range…” (5Gmlb) Sacramento a most enthusiastic victim host. Website features Verizon UWB installation at citizen’s home, City officials attending. Sacramento also a proud “Smart City” (more below).
host. Website features Verizon UWB installation at citizen’s home, City officials attending. Sacramento also a proud “Smart City” (more below). Verizon’s 5Gmmw, for mobile, is being offered/tested in urban areas – could be its final destination.
Santa Rosa typifies cities forestalling “5G” for precautionary reasons. Right move, very wrong reason, with 3G/4G still operating. Again, the danger of “5G” hysteria.
Forgoing rollouts are all called 5G. This puts hysteria about millions of “small cells nationwide into serious question.
Report on new Qualcomm smartphone 5Gmmw antennas also covers antennas for MLB “… designed for larger cell 5G coverage…”
Internet of Things (IoT) specific to 5Gmmw? Two Israeli Qualcomm techs say 4G (probably 4Gmlb) can handle it.
Some opposers say MMW isn’t needed for car-to-car communication (so – 4G then? Hysteria?)
Deployment of smart utility meters on (4G) WiFi supports what Qualcomm techs say.
5Gmlb makes sense for IoT, if IoT’s exclusive to MMW, and if that won’t be everywhere (on the ground), it trashes the concept.
Rollout info suggests FLD only populous areas. Readers who’ve seen this anywhere are asked to share in Comments.
If FLD is occurring outside major cities or populous areas, question arises about purpose.
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdams said in an interview that FLD is “…one of the myths about 5G…” True, but not the whole truth.
McAdam touts 5Gmmw for smart cities, driverless cars and virtual reality.
“Smart” technology is foundation for managing/controlling every aspect of daily life, no matter the 5G version. The Real Reason for the Wireless “Season?”
Things can change. MLB rollout could be precursor to an FLD/MMW invasion or satellite saturation in outlying areas.
Speculation on MMW future and interface between ground and satellite purposes and services.
Parenthetical discussion of Sacramento-City web page showing total-surveillance/human-control system rapidly gestating under auspices of “Smart City for public safety/benefits.”
Sacramento promises “STEM,” the nationwide programming for turning kids into corporate plug-ins.
STEM promises techno-shiny future — to advantage or disaster. Former hasn’t begun to “justify” sum of latter. Imagine potential chaos in Smart City from hackers.
Reports of Harm
Mostly confusion in these reports, all implying 5Gmmw. No clear indication of which “5G” is involved in most cases.
People see new infrastructure and assume MMW.
All harms reported thus far are classic 2G-4G symptoms. Most are “Electrohypersensitivity (EHS) type (“EHS,” a misnomer, see Idaho story near end of this section).
RF meters used to support claims of harm, but can’t read MMW. Such meters are professional, expensive, technical equipment.
A true 5G phone would read MMW and MLB, but no distinction; so even a pro one wouldn’t reveal frequencies.
Long-term exposure and probably cumulative effect play into “5G” harm. Harm “verified” by ordinary meters proves 4G harm – LTE or 5Gmlb.
One hawker claims its ordinary meter can read “5G,” a ruse brought to you by 5G hysteria.
For most situations, meters not much use for most people – no safe exposure level (see History of Official Awareness below).
below). Meters sometimes useful for people using shielding, etc, but symptom improvement doesn’t mean harm stops..
Differences between MMW effects and long-reported classic 2G-4G effects can tentatively identify 5G frequency type.
MMW potentially threatens skin and eyes. A study irresponsibly (underhandedly?) cited in an article to prove “5G” has heart effects is exposed.
Study also implies that any microwave frequency at sufficient power can cook and kill you.
Possible, but still speculative, that 5Gmmw can cause MLB effects, because conductive body tissues can carry induced currents deep into the body.
MIMO (‘my-mo’) antennas used in MLB for more than a decade. New development is “massive” MIMO, or many antenna elements in one enclosure for aiming beams of radiation.
Question whether massive MIMO arrays themselves pose a greater threat than traditional antennas. It’s possible.
Also seems one could get caught in a ‘crossfire’ of beams, although a sea of radiation hardly seems better.
Focusing/aiming doesn’t necessarily mean higher power hitting you. Relaying beams avoids high power output per beam.
Hysteria often warns of outrageously high increase in power output with “5G” and “small cells.” For a few reasons, this seems unlikely.
Details of several typical news reports. Most demonstrate fatal error of thinking that shutting down or moving a tower will make people safe or “safer” in general (no one’s talking ecosystem). Three show the effect of 5G hysteria – one outrageously, and one, a general concern about wireless, per se.
Story of a Sacramento family alleging harm from Verizon antenna installed near home illustrates confusion. Testimony before Sacramento City Council, 6/25/19 – with mayor present.
Type of antenna not given, but probably a MMW fixture for “5G Home Internet”. Verizon 5G UWB launched 10/1/19 in Sacramento — again with the mayor attending.
Strange that testimony date precedes stated launch date. Maybe there were tests. Maybe the PR announcement date was carefully chosen for whatever reason.
Opening video display screen says, “Children Sick After 4G/5G Small Cell Installation…” What does that mean?
Incident suggests MMW effect, but still shows need to know what you mean when you say “5G” – or “4G/5G”.
Mother seems to understand the general threat of wireless (although commits the “outdated” faux pas).
Her suggestion that “shielding” solved the illness won’t be taken seriously by officials.
Typically too, she seems not to consider that power level below heating, along with antenna proximity, make little to no difference in terms of ongoing harm.
Even if new 5Gmlb antennas pose greater health risk, it’s academic, because the ‘pre-5G’ endgame is the same – fatal .
. Outrageous opposition-induced hysteria from Gateshead in UK about “5G” from street lights. Dangers of LED lights cited.
News reports from Cincinnati and Ripon, San Joaquin County, CA show dangerous thinking about shutting down/moving tower making them safer (no one talking ecosystem).
Cincinnati shows folks in the dark about 5G, thanks to hysteria.
Ripon shows better awareness of wireless threat.
An RT America report on Cincinnati, based on the original story, is cited as accurate example of common confusion, misleading information and “5G” hype sprinkled with fact.
Original 9/20/19 Cincinnati story (now includes update) a case of “new infrastructure” hysteria.
No one upset by 4G wireless or towers previously. It’s a “mystery tower” people fear will soon be sending out “5G signals”.
9/27/19 update shows interview with concerned nurse. – “5G-hysteria” victim lacks understanding of wireless, will feel safer when tower with ‘unknown effects’ goes away.
Tall, new-look tower with cylindrical fixture (shown in picture and video). Looks nothing like Verizon’s 5Gmmw antenna seen in phone report in the 5G Rollouts section.
Update also says it’s a Sprint tower, so can’t be MMW. “5G” fear an assumption driven by hysteria.
What’s in cylindrical fixture and its specific functions are anyone’s guess.
Update also notes shorter, cylindrical black towers are popping up — Verizon’s.
Verizon spokesman confirms they’re small cellular towers currently broadcasting 4G LTE, but convertible to future “5G”, meaning what?
3/12/19 San Joaquin report also concerns tall tower with cylindrical fixture “too close to school.” No 5G fear, more general awareness of wireless danger. ‘Cluster’ of cancer victims.
Ripon: Three teachers, four students with cancers since 2016. Also 22 year-old former male student. No mention of whether teachers and young man were exposed to any other towers/devices. Just that nasty tower…
Ripon case interesting for several reasons. Independent expert contradicted official assurance that tower tested OK.
Expert shows common ignorance: “…kids are still developing and shouldn’t be exposed.”
Sprint shut tower down, agreed to relocate. Good PR, suggests industry/towns will back down.
Two more reasons: First, overlooked threat of imminent disaster due to long-term exposure and probably cumulative effect (see History of Official Awareness below).
below). Second reason, bogus antenna advice ‘distance is your friend’ — the argument for slow death over quicker death, or futility of “reducing exposure.”
Greater distance can make things worse.
Any antenna to which any living thing is exposed is too close.
Reducing exposure comes in two forms – usage tips and lower exposure limits. Both futile.
Clever warnings for humans worsen ecosystem damage.
Reliance on power level to determine safety is largely a convenience, not science. Several other factors make determination too complex. They keep it simple-y deadly.
Harm stories indicate people seem to think it just happened. Fatal error. No way of knowing they weren’t ‘due’ anyway.
Stories wherein affected people or animals regard symptom abatement when the source is removed as complete recovery. More fatal error.
(Dear reader, based on what’s been shared here, see what you think of this short Verizon promo)
An organization called EHS Idaho collects reports on incidence and effects in the Idaho population of electrohypersensitivity (EHS). Term misleading. “OES” – Overt ElectroSensitivity – suggested.
An estimated 35% of the Idaho population suffers mild to moderate symptoms, with 3% to 10% “devastating, life-altering.”
Estimated 100 million suffer ‘OES’ globally. As bad as this is, it’s not nearly as bad as things could quickly and easily get. Call this “pre-terminal disaster.”
A Big Question
Illness caused by wireless radiation not new or unique to it, even though lists and categories of issues are attributed to it.
Question: how much of today’s ecosystem decline and rampant illness – all known prior to wireless era – is attributable in whole or part to wireless tech (or even the whole range of RF we ’bathe’ in)?
If officials know (doubtful), they’re not telling. No one knows (although perpetrators might), but it’s almost certainly huge.
For sick users — much habituated, obsessed, and addicted — seeing and feeling nothing doctors attribute to wireless, there’s little incentive to quit 3G/4G.
But quitting 3G/4G – at the retail level – must be done for survival, and that’s how to beat 5G — on the ground, anyway. Allowing 4G to continue, with any level of exposure, potentiates eco-collapse and massive *overt* health crises.
It’s going to explode, folks.
Manifesto: Anyone who understands the fatal threat but still uses wireless technology – for whatever tiring, self-involved ‘excuse’ – or for the promise of safe exposure limits and exposure reduction – is irradiating our source of life and fellow humans directly, with devices and by supporting the tower system ‘bathing’ everything 24/7. Such a user is an accessory before and during the fact to criminal behavior leading to ecocide and slow genocide. And, some researchers say, global enslavement in the technosphere.
If we don’t stop 3G/4G, welcome all 5G. Surrender will mercifully hasten an end to the coming agony.
History of Official Awareness
One official document acknowledging harm the FCC denies is 1981 WHO report, Environmental Health Criteria: Radiofrequency and Microwaves. Biologic Effects and Health Hazards of Microwave Radiation: Proceedings on International Symposium 1973.
Long report covers frequencies from 100 KHz to 300 GHz, but telecom/WiFi harm for last three decades has come from digital 2G-4G frequencies.
Quotes from document Summary given, revealing ruthless deception. It’s all most people need to read. Section 1.1.6. admits safe level should be “…close to natural background levels”.
Critique of Summary, facts and figures reviewed, showing how little power needed to be a threat.
Natural background microwave is analog, not artificial, digital, polarized or modulated (pulsed). So there is a safe, “biologically based” limit after all: zero .
. Notes and quotes from a presentation at 2009 Whole Health Expo reveal knowledge of harm since the 1950s. No indication in Summary if 1973 Warsaw Symposium or 1981 WHO reviewers were aware.
No indication in Summary that Symposium/WHO were aware of military microwave stealth-weapon research begun in 1950s. What eventually became 2G.
Examining Priorities
Worth repeating: The most dire threat is to ecosystem, not humans. No exposed living thing is immune.
Environment suffers in hysteria background.
No form/amount of human protection protects Nature. False sense of security from “solutions” or “tips” intensifies threat.
German study cited suggests insects in alarming decline globally.
Threat to planet isn’t just about radiation, but about the entire process involved in creating it. One thing is certain about most technology, regardless of benefit – its toxic.
One thing is certain about most technology, regardless of benefit – its toxic.
From resource acquisition (especially mining) to disposal, technology is toxic to planet and biosphere. Wireless covers the whole process.
“Wired” systems will not stop this assault.
The attitude revealed in the WHO document about safety – “not technically feasible” – hasn’t changed.
If one isn’t careful, one might conclude “5G” opposers think humans can do quite well without the planet.
Most hysteria focused on ground antennas, while more than 50,000 new satellites are underway and proposed, a horrific threat.
Satellite threat considered sane because insanity unrecognized as such has become the norm in the culture of toxic-technomasturbation.
Heavy pollution produced by each launch, no concern for ozone layer, as well as massive removal of atmospheric oxygen. Dynamic graph linked.
Much still up in the air on satellites. Plan seems to be shoot them up first, answer proprietary questions later, dismissing anyone else’s.
In Europe there are calls for science papers on satellite/5G integration. There is an appeal to ‘stop 5G in space’, but popular emphasis remains disproportionately on ground installations.
Arrogant FCC has flatly dismissed legitimate concerns raised by NASA, NOAA and more. Does such arrogance suggest level of power beyond corporate/governmental?
Yet, NASA plans to participate in launch of massive 5G drone.
Might such arrogance indicate a certain level of supra-CorporateGovernmental power from which this atrocity originates? “Psychopathic” better word for it than “insane.”
Best way to beat 5G on the ground is to reject all current wireless (3G/4G) at the commercial level. This could well impact satellites also.
Outcry on satellites – and drones, for that matter – should drown out the ones on earthbound antennas.
Conclusion
Taking into account what physics and biophysics suggest about power levels and biosensitivity respectively; and what the WHO document (and other historical documents) report about effects and safe level; what’s known about unnoticed effects accumulating over time in living systems; and the fact that environment and humans have been exposed for almost 3 decades now, does anyone feel that 2G-4G wireless isn’t, of itself, a quite sufficient terminal nightmare?
The race is on between ecosystem collapse and human health collapse. Allowing classic 4G (or 5G FR1) to continue potentiates imminent disaster.
Experience shows that appeals, based on science, to governments at all levels; to national and international regulatory bodies, and so on is an exercise in futility.
It’s in the people’s hands. Give up wireless per se or give up the future – liberty first, then life. If not, then welcome all 5G. It will mercifully shorten the coming agony.
Peter Tocci is a retired massage therapist and wellness consultant with an abiding interest in exploring ‘managed’ history, nefarious covert agendas, and mainstream/mainstream-alternative news-media dereliction, distortion and suppression. He can be reached at peter_gt@geminipress.com
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activistpost--2020-01-24--Judge in Children’s Hospital Case Alleged to Have Conflict of Interest

Seattle Washington .
Jan. 24 , 2020 .
A Judge in the Children ’ s Hospital case that resulted in six deaths failed to disclose a critical conflict of interest , according to a prominent appellate attorney .
Judge Ken Schubert had previously allowed lawyers for the hospital that covered up evidence of mold contamination to seal the court file .
Because of the judges ’ conflict , advocates for the victims are calling for both an investigation and his resignation .
After increasing pressure from the international media exposure , the public , lawsuits , and families of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Schubert nervously stated that he had “ second thoughts ” about his previous ruling to prohibit public review of the file .
Unknown at the time was Judge Schubert ’ s close ties to the law firm representing Children ’ s Hospital .
Schubert had been previously employed at the law firm Garvey Schubert , one of the two law firms that recently merged to form the firm Foster Garvey according to Schubert ’ s own filing with the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission .
“ Children ’ s Hospital engaged in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that killed six children and seriously injured eight more , ” said John Scannell , a Ninth Circuit Appellate attorney .
“ There was at least one prior whistleblower complaint filed with the government .
Children ’ s Hospital then hired a law firm , Foster Garvey , with close ties to the Judge .
Children ’ s directed attorneys Adrian Winder and Andrea Bradford of Foster Garvey to sue the press to prevent the exposure of the guilty parties .
Schubert allowed it .
Sealing the file prevented the victim ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public trial , ” he said .
“ This is absolutely inexcusable and a basic violation of Schubert ’ s most basic duty as a judge and trusted public official.
” “ In addition to Judge Schubert ’ s prior employment at the law firm Garvey Schubert , there is another serious question of conflict that needs to be answered .
Did the estate of Judge Schubert ’ s late father , Ken Schubert , Sr. , the founder of Garvey Schubert , convey to his son Judge Ken Schubert , Jr. a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firm Foster Garvey – the same law firm now representing Children ’ s Hospital ?
” said Mr. Scannell .
“ This is an astonishing and blatant example of arrogance on the part of the hospital , their attorneys and law firm , as well as the judge to think they could get away with hiding the facts of the case by sealing the file and denying justice to the victims .
Schubert only changed his mind and opened the file because he was caught by the press .
It ’ s that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the subject of multiple complaints to the Commission on Judicial Conduct , retroactive investigations of his prior cases , and several calls for his resignation , ” according to Mr. Scannell .
“ If Schubert isn ’ t immediately removed from the bench , we can all stop pretending we live under the rule of law , ” said Mr. Scannell .
“ This is absolutely outrageous.
” Judge Schubert could not be reached for comment .
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Seattle Washington. Jan. 24, 2020. A Judge in the Children’s Hospital case that resulted in six deaths failed to disclose a critical conflict of interest, according to a prominent appellate attorney.
Judge Ken Schubert had previously allowed lawyers for the hospital that covered up evidence of mold contamination to seal the court file. Because of the judges’ conflict, advocates for the victims are calling for both an investigation and his resignation.
After increasing pressure from the international media exposure, the public, lawsuits, and families of the victims, in a televised statement Judge Schubert nervously stated that he had “second thoughts” about his previous ruling to prohibit public review of the file.
Unknown at the time was Judge Schubert’s close ties to the law firm representing Children’s Hospital. Schubert had been previously employed at the law firm Garvey Schubert, one of the two law firms that recently merged to form the firm Foster Garvey according to Schubert’s own filing with the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission.
“Children’s Hospital engaged in a 15-year cover up of the deadly mold that killed six children and seriously injured eight more,” said John Scannell, a Ninth Circuit Appellate attorney. “There was at least one prior whistleblower complaint filed with the government. Children’s Hospital then hired a law firm, Foster Garvey, with close ties to the Judge. Children’s directed attorneys Adrian Winder and Andrea Bradford of Foster Garvey to sue the press to prevent the exposure of the guilty parties. Schubert allowed it. Sealing the file prevented the victim’s access to the evidence and a fair public trial,” he said. “This is absolutely inexcusable and a basic violation of Schubert’s most basic duty as a judge and trusted public official.”
“In addition to Judge Schubert’s prior employment at the law firm Garvey Schubert, there is another serious question of conflict that needs to be answered. Did the estate of Judge Schubert’s late father, Ken Schubert, Sr., the founder of Garvey Schubert, convey to his son Judge Ken Schubert, Jr. a direct or indirect ownership interest in the firm Foster Garvey – the same law firm now representing Children’s Hospital?” said Mr. Scannell.
“This is an astonishing and blatant example of arrogance on the part of the hospital, their attorneys and law firm, as well as the judge to think they could get away with hiding the facts of the case by sealing the file and denying justice to the victims. Schubert only changed his mind and opened the file because he was caught by the press. It’s that simple.”
“Judge Schubert is now the subject of multiple complaints to the Commission on Judicial Conduct, retroactive investigations of his prior cases, and several calls for his resignation,” according to Mr. Scannell.
“If Schubert isn’t immediately removed from the bench, we can all stop pretending we live under the rule of law,” said Mr. Scannell. “This is absolutely outrageous.”
Judge Schubert could not be reached for comment.
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activistpost--2020-01-24--Morocco Intensifies Crackdown on Freedom of Expression

The Moroccan government has intensified its crackdown on freedom of expression , arresting several people in recent months for merely expressing their opinions , including online .
According to a local rights group , a total of 15 people have been arrested in recent months and six were convicted in December 2019 alone .
Independent journalist Omar Radi was arrested on December 26 , 2019 , after a public prosecutor charged him with “ insulting a public servant ’ ’ under the country ’ s penal code over a tweet he posted eight months earlier .
In the tweet , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appeals court , which confirmed harsh prison sentences against dozens of activists of the Hirak protest movement in the Rif region .
Some of the defendants , including a leading figure of the protest movement , Nasser Zefzafi , were sentenced to 20 years in jail .
Radi was released on bail on December 31 .
He appeared in court on January 2 , and his trial was adjourned to 5 March .
However , Radi still risks up to one year in jail under the penal code if found guilty .
Many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Following his release , he tweeted : On November 25 , 2019 , a court sentenced rapper Mohamed Mounir , known by his stage name Gnawi , to one year in jail and a fine of 1,000 dirhams ( around 103 USD ) for cursing the police on social media for “ mistreating ’ ’ him .
His lawyer told Reuters that the authorities may in fact have targeted him over a song he and two other singers recorded and published on YouTube .
The song , titled “ Long Live the People @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , corruption and torture in the country , and also contained criticism of the country ’ s rulers , including the king .
On January 15 , a court of appeal confirmed Gnawi ’ s one-year-jail term .
On December 19 , a court in Meknes sentenced a high-school student to three years in jail for merely posting the song ’ s lyrics on Facebook .
The student was released on January 16 , 2020 .
Another rapper , Hamza Asbaar , was arrested on December 28 at a football stadium .
His @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the arrest occurred after Asbaar had performed his song “ We understand ’ ’ at the request of spectators .
In the song , published on YouTube on October 20 , Asbaar , who is a high school student , criticized the social and economic conditions and the rights situation in Morocco .
On December 31 , he was sentenced to four years in jail and a fine of 10,000 dirhams ( 10,000 USD ) for “ insulting sanctities ’ ’ .
A court of appeal reduced his prison sentence to eight months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also affected individuals who have taken to YouTube to express opinions on social , political and economic issues .
On December 26 , a court in Settat sentenced YouTuber Mohamed Sekkaki to four years in jail and a fine of 40,000 dirhams ( 4,150 USD ) over a video in which he criticized the king and described Moroccans as “ stupid ’ ’ , and “ donkeys ’ ’ .
Another YouTuber , Mohamed Bodouh , was sentenced to three years in jail on January 7 over videos critical of corruption and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of cracking down on freedom of expression , independent media and press freedom media .
Yasmina Abouzzouhour , an associate fellow at the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis ( MIPA ) writes : Moroccans continue to advocate for the release of all those imprisoned for expressing themselves , including activists , journalists , artists and protesters under the # FreeKoulchi [ “ Free everything ’ ’ ] campaign .
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By Afef Abrougui
The Moroccan government has intensified its crackdown on freedom of expression, arresting several people in recent months for merely expressing their opinions, including online.
According to a local rights group, a total of 15 people have been arrested in recent months and six were convicted in December 2019 alone.
Independent journalist Omar Radi was arrested on December 26, 2019, after a public prosecutor charged him with “insulting a public servant’’ under the country’s penal code over a tweet he posted eight months earlier. In the tweet, Radi slammed a verdict by a Casablanca appeals court, which confirmed harsh prison sentences against dozens of activists of the Hirak protest movement in the Rif region. Some of the defendants, including a leading figure of the protest movement, Nasser Zefzafi, were sentenced to 20 years in jail.
Radi was released on bail on December 31. He appeared in court on January 2, and his trial was adjourned to 5 March. However, Radi still risks up to one year in jail under the penal code if found guilty. Many more are also still in jail. Following his release, he tweeted:
Cependant, si aujourd’hui je suis libre, ce n’est malheureusement pas le cas pour beaucoup de nos concitoyens qui aujourd’hui sont incarcérés pour avoir exprimé une opinion, une colère, une blague ou une chanson. — Omar Radi (@OmarRADI) January 3, 2020
Though I am free today, it is unfortunately not the case for many of our fellow citizens who remain incarcerated for expressing an opinion, anger, a joke or a song.
Rappers jailed
On November 25, 2019, a court sentenced rapper Mohamed Mounir, known by his stage name Gnawi, to one year in jail and a fine of 1,000 dirhams (around 103 USD) for cursing the police on social media for “mistreating’’ him. His lawyer told Reuters that the authorities may in fact have targeted him over a song he and two other singers recorded and published on YouTube. The song, titled “Long Live the People’’, denounces the socio-economic conditions, corruption and torture in the country, and also contained criticism of the country’s rulers, including the king. On January 15, a court of appeal confirmed Gnawi’s one-year-jail term.
On December 19, a court in Meknes sentenced a high-school student to three years in jail for merely posting the song’s lyrics on Facebook. The student was released on January 16, 2020.
Another rapper, Hamza Asbaar, was arrested on December 28 at a football stadium. His family told independent news site Lakome that the arrest occurred after Asbaar had performed his song “We understand’’ at the request of spectators. In the song, published on YouTube on October 20, Asbaar, who is a high school student, criticized the social and economic conditions and the rights situation in Morocco. On December 31, he was sentenced to four years in jail and a fine of 10,000 dirhams (10,000 USD) for “insulting sanctities’’.
Hamza Asbaar is a 18 yo #moroccan high school student and a young rapper who got sentenced to 4 years in jail for a rap song he wrote, practicing #FreedomOfSpeech is one of the most fundamental human rights, let Hamza go! #FreeKoulchi #Morocco pic.twitter.com/RCavMwJtBp — Hajar El Fatihi (@HajarElFatihi3) January 5, 2020
A court of appeal reduced his prison sentence to eight months on 16 January.
Crackdown on YouTubers
The crackdown has also affected individuals who have taken to YouTube to express opinions on social, political and economic issues.
On December 26, a court in Settat sentenced YouTuber Mohamed Sekkaki to four years in jail and a fine of 40,000 dirhams (4,150 USD) over a video in which he criticized the king and described Moroccans as “stupid’’, and “donkeys’’.
Another YouTuber, Mohamed Bodouh, was sentenced to three years in jail on January 7 over videos critical of corruption and the authorities.
Mohamed Boudouh is a shop owner who got sentenced to 3 yrs in jail because of some @YouTube videos he filmed in which he talks about precarity and the lack of justice and equality in #Morocco. The regime is losing it and for all I know I could be next or you could! #FreeKoulchi pic.twitter.com/dQjLVbv4g5 — Hajar El Fatihi (@HajarElFatihi3) January 8, 2020
Morocco has a dire record of cracking down on freedom of expression, independent media and press freedom media.
Yasmina Abouzzouhour, an associate fellow at the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis (MIPA) writes:
The regime has displayed a pattern of repressing activists through judicial proceedings, sometimes under false pretexts. Indeed, famous activists perceived by the regime as dissidents- such as Radi, the journalist Hajar Raissouni, and the rapper Gnawi- are taken to court over unrelated issues, such as a supposed abortion in Raissouni’s case or a video that allegedly incited violence against the police in Gnawi’s case.
Moroccans continue to advocate for the release of all those imprisoned for expressing themselves, including activists, journalists, artists and protesters under the #FreeKoulchi [“Free everything’’] campaign.
Article source: Global Voices
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activistpost--2020-01-24--Beijing Calls In Military As Virus Overwhelms Wuhan Hospitals; Second Case Reported in U.S. (Updated

Beijing Calls In Military As Virus Overwhelms Wuhan Hospitals; Second Case Reported in U.S. (Updated)

Summary : Here ’ s a glimpse of new virus-related developments that occurred overnight .
Update ( 0820ET ) : Over the past few hours , health officials in Nepal have announced that a student who has returned from Wuhan has been found to carry the virus .
Meanwhile , officials in India are reporting three suspected cases .
As the response to the virus overwhelms hospitals in Wuhan , the central military command of the PLA , China ’ s army , has ordered medical personnel based in the city of Wuhan to travel to the city ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to keep up with the influx of cases .
The order comes as experts estimate that some 4,000 individuals may have already been infected across the country .
According to the SCMP , 40 medical officers from the city ’ s military hospital have already started working in the intensive care unit of Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital .
The 40 officers are reported to be an advance party and the General Hospital of the People ’ s Liberation Army in Beijing will send more in the coming days .
Staff at the PLA hospital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do everything they can to combat the virus .
A medical practitioner who worked at the PLA General Hospital said that the hospital would send staff from its infectious disease centre to help run the new hospital and quarantine centre in Wuhan once it was ready .
Staff there held an oath-taking ceremony on Wednesday pledging they would do their utmost to win the battle against the new coronavirus .
As we noted below , Wuhan is scrambling to build a makeshift hospital from scratch on the outskirts of the city as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patients .
Beijing ’ s ability to quickly expand capacity to treat infected individuals was said to be instrumental in the fight against SARS 17 years ago .
Asian markets closed on Friday for the Lunar New Year holiday , which officially begins on Saturday .
But in China , the Communist Party leadership are scrambling to contain the virus as 13 cities in Hubei Province are now under quarantine , meaning more than 40 million Chinese will be forced to spend the holiday week at home , the South China Morning Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suspected cases overnight as a result of broader criteria for people showing symptoms , bringing the total number of suspected cases to 236 as of Friday morning in Hong Kong .
Among those cases , more than 100 are now in isolation .
Across China , Hong Kong and Macau , authorities have closed schools and suspended the start of the new semester .
Even Disneyland Shanghai has announced plans to close for the holiday .
As authorities in Beijing try to convince the world that they have the outbreak under control , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warned that the total number of cases might be closer to 4,000 , according to the New York Times .
South Korea and Japan have each confirmed their second cases , while the US worries that a second case may have been discovered in Texas .
Reports that an individual is under quarantine in Sydney have also emerged , while fears about a virus case in New Jersey have already been debunked .
Though it ’ s slightly out of date , this map is the most up-to-date accounting of the geographic dispersion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Global Ratings has issued a statement claiming that , if the situation worsens , the outbreak could knock 1.2 percentage points off China ’ s GDP .
Yet , as the number of cases explodes despite the travel ban , the World Health Organization is insistent that the situation hasn ’ t risen to the level of a global pandemic – at least not yet .
Back in Wuhan , the center of the outbreak , conditions are deteriorating rapidly .
Video purportedly showing the hospital at the center of the outbreak paints @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care workers collapse on their feet , infection rates explode even among those responsible for treating patients .
Local media has also reported that there aren ’ t enough testing kits and medical workers available to diagnose new cases .
There have even been reports of patients showing concerning symptoms being turned away from hospitals .
Nice to see that their good ol ’ socialized health care system is clearly so well-prepared for such an outbreak .
Desperate for money and supplies , hospitals in Wuhan have resorted to begging the government and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meantime , reports claim that China ’ s censors are removing all frightening videos from domestic social media outlets .
There have been reports of people in Shanghai and in Wuhan being herded into makeshift quarantine camps erected near hospitals around the country .
In some places , authorities are scrambling to build whole new hospital wings as fast as they can .
Chinese officials are scrambling to build a whole new hospital in just five days .
Just as we expected , a shortage of facemasks that inspired hoarding and price gouging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Asia , according to the Japan Times .
While they ’ ve disappeared from the Chinese Internet , videos showing sick or collapsing patients and health-care workers are flooding US social media .
Especially for those who have been turned away , the mood on the streets of Wuhan is turning into full-blown panic as hundreds of worried patients plead with hospitals for help .
‘ Please help us ’ the city ’ s leadership begged as it implored its neighbors for help .
Typically , LNY is the most important holiday in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before , which this year is Friday night .
Chinese who work typically make it home in time to prepare a meal of fried dumplings and sticky rice cakes before hosting reunion dinners with family .
At midnight , Chinese typically set off firecrackers to ring in the new year .
But this year , an anxiety-laden quiet is expected instead .
Meanwhile , several US media outlets reported that ordinary Chinese are growing increasingly frustrated with their government .
Qiang added that his family is so on edge , that a simple @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bells at home .
Another woman put it more bluntly .
Whatever impact the virus had on markets seemed to reverse after the WHO decided not to label the virus a global pandemic .
But as the videos and images flooding out of China look increasingly concerning , one analyst warned that the massive response to suppress the virus could be a double-edged sword .
After the State Department issued , then retracted , a travel warning yesterday , the American Embassy in Beijing advised travelers from the US to avoid Hubei Province @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was classified as a Level 4 advisory , the most serious travel warning issued by the US government : Other Level 4 warnings issued by the State Department cover travel to Syria , North Korea , Afghanistan , Iraq , Venezuela and Yemen , among other places .
In the US , infections have popped up in Washington State and in Texas , where a student at Texas A & M is believed to have been infected .
“ Drastic steps , such as city-wide quarantine measures , can be a double-edged sword @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ING senior rates strategist Antoine Bouvet wrote in morning note .
“ On the one hand they signal the authorities are taking the problem seriously and help containment , on the other hand , they help paint a dramatic picture to investors unfamiliar with dealing with this sort of risk.
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By Tyler Durden
Summary: Here’s a glimpse of new virus-related developments that occurred overnight.
BREAKING : CDC Confirms Second US Coronavirus Case In Chicago, Monitoring 63 Other “Potential Cases”
Total number of confirmed cases now 900+, 26 dead.
China restricts travel for 40+ million people as the death toll surges.
Two deaths have been reported outside Wuhan.
Some residents displaying symptoms are being turned away from hospitals.
Hospitals in Wuhan make urgent pleas for help and supplies.
Beijing orders PLA medics to assist in Wuhan treating patients
UK and US governments tell citizens to avoid outbreak zones.
* * *
Update (0820ET): Over the past few hours, health officials in Nepal have announced that a student who has returned from Wuhan has been found to carry the virus. Meanwhile, officials in India are reporting three suspected cases.
As the response to the virus overwhelms hospitals in Wuhan, the central military command of the PLA, China’s army, has ordered medical personnel based in the city of Wuhan to travel to the city’s hospitals and aid doctors and nurses struggling to keep up with the influx of cases.
The order comes as experts estimate that some 4,000 individuals may have already been infected across the country.
According to the SCMP, 40 medical officers from the city’s military hospital have already started working in the intensive care unit of Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital. The 40 officers are reported to be an advance party and the General Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army in Beijing will send more in the coming days.
Staff at the PLA hospital swore an oath earlier this week promising to do everything they can to combat the virus.
A medical practitioner who worked at the PLA General Hospital said that the hospital would send staff from its infectious disease centre to help run the new hospital and quarantine centre in Wuhan once it was ready.
Staff there held an oath-taking ceremony on Wednesday pledging they would do their utmost to win the battle against the new coronavirus.
“We all swore that we will follow the order, make sacrifices if necessary and do our jobs as required and would not be afraid to suffer or even to die,” he said. “[We were told that] we triumphed over Sars and we will win again this time.”
As we noted below, Wuhan is scrambling to build a makeshift hospital from scratch on the outskirts of the city as a quarantine and treatment center for coronavirus patients. Beijing’s ability to quickly expand capacity to treat infected individuals was said to be instrumental in the fight against SARS 17 years ago.
* * *
Asian markets closed on Friday for the Lunar New Year holiday, which officially begins on Saturday. But in China, the Communist Party leadership are scrambling to contain the virus as 13 cities in Hubei Province are now under quarantine, meaning more than 40 million Chinese will be forced to spend the holiday week at home, the South China Morning Post reports.
Health authorities reported 66 more suspected cases overnight as a result of broader criteria for people showing symptoms, bringing the total number of suspected cases to 236 as of Friday morning in Hong Kong. Among those cases, more than 100 are now in isolation. Across China, Hong Kong and Macau, authorities have closed schools and suspended the start of the new semester. Even Disneyland Shanghai has announced plans to close for the holiday.
Shanghai Disney Resort closes from Saturday till further notice. pic.twitter.com/fOCvPRi52O — Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 (@XinqiSu) January 24, 2020
As authorities in Beijing try to convince the world that they have the outbreak under control, researchers in the US and UK have warned that the total number of cases might be closer to 4,000, according to the New York Times.
South Korea and Japan have each confirmed their second cases, while the US worries that a second case may have been discovered in Texas. Reports that an individual is under quarantine in Sydney have also emerged, while fears about a virus case in New Jersey have already been debunked.
Though it’s slightly out of date, this map is the most up-to-date accounting of the geographic dispersion of the virus.
S&P Global Ratings has issued a statement claiming that, if the situation worsens, the outbreak could knock 1.2 percentage points off China’s GDP. Yet, as the number of cases explodes despite the travel ban, the World Health Organization is insistent that the situation hasn’t risen to the level of a global pandemic – at least not yet.
Back in Wuhan, the center of the outbreak, conditions are deteriorating rapidly. Video purportedly showing the hospital at the center of the outbreak paints a picture of widespread misery as health care workers collapse on their feet, infection rates explode even among those responsible for treating patients. Local media has also reported that there aren’t enough testing kits and medical workers available to diagnose new cases.
There have even been reports of patients showing concerning symptoms being turned away from hospitals. Nice to see that their good ol’ socialized health care system is clearly so well-prepared for such an outbreak. Desperate for money and supplies, hospitals in Wuhan have resorted to begging the government and the public for help.
In the meantime, reports claim that China’s censors are removing all frightening videos from domestic social media outlets. There have been reports of people in Shanghai and in Wuhan being herded into makeshift quarantine camps erected near hospitals around the country. In some places, authorities are scrambling to build whole new hospital wings as fast as they can. Chinese officials are scrambling to build a whole new hospital in just five days.
China is building a new 1,000-bed hospital in five days to treat victims of the new deadly coronavirus. Get the latest on the #coronavirus here 👉 https://t.co/j01UaC8ySA pic.twitter.com/Af3YjVciML — Sky News (@SkyNews) January 24, 2020
Just as we expected, a shortage of facemasks that inspired hoarding and price gouging in Hong Kong has now spread across Asia, according to the Japan Times.
While they’ve disappeared from the Chinese Internet, videos showing sick or collapsing patients and health-care workers are flooding US social media.
WATCH: Video shows the situation at a hospital at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak; it has now been removed from China’s social media platform pic.twitter.com/uC5QYY9Z0a — BNO News (@BNONews) January 24, 2020
Not fucking good https://t.co/83jaih5eNr — Quoth the Raven (@QTRResearch) January 24, 2020
Especially for those who have been turned away, the mood on the streets of Wuhan is turning into full-blown panic as hundreds of worried patients plead with hospitals for help. ‘Please help us’ the city’s leadership begged as it implored its neighbors for help.
Typically, LNY is the most important holiday in China and celebrations typically begin the night before, which this year is Friday night. Chinese who work typically make it home in time to prepare a meal of fried dumplings and sticky rice cakes before hosting reunion dinners with family. At midnight, Chinese typically set off firecrackers to ring in the new year.
But this year, an anxiety-laden quiet is expected instead. Meanwhile, several US media outlets reported that ordinary Chinese are growing increasingly frustrated with their government.
“We won’t have a new year celebration tonight. There’s no feeling for it, and no food,” a Wuhan resident named Wu Qiang, told the NYT.
Qiang added that his family is so on edge, that a simple sneeze from his son set off alarm bells at home.
“I think he’s O.K., but now even an ordinary sneeze makes you worry,” Mr. Wu said. “You start to think every cough or sneeze might be the virus.”
Another woman put it more bluntly.
“Today should be the Chinese people’s happiest day,” she said, “but this sickness has destroyed that feeling.”
Whatever impact the virus had on markets seemed to reverse after the WHO decided not to label the virus a global pandemic. But as the videos and images flooding out of China look increasingly concerning, one analyst warned that the massive response to suppress the virus could be a double-edged sword.
After the State Department issued, then retracted, a travel warning yesterday, the American Embassy in Beijing advised travelers from the US to avoid Hubei Province and the surrounding area. The notice was classified as a Level 4 advisory, the most serious travel warning issued by the US government: Other Level 4 warnings issued by the State Department cover travel to Syria, North Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq, Venezuela and Yemen, among other places.
In the US, infections have popped up in Washington State and in Texas, where a student at Texas A&M is believed to have been infected.
“Drastic steps, such as city-wide quarantine measures, can be a double-edged sword when it comes to market impact,” ING senior rates strategist Antoine Bouvet wrote in morning note. “On the one hand they signal the authorities are taking the problem seriously and help containment, on the other hand, they help paint a dramatic picture to investors unfamiliar with dealing with this sort of risk.”
Article source: Zerohedge.com
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