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5G Technology and induction of coronavirus in skin cells

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In this research, we show that 5G millimeter waves could be absorbed by dermatologic cells acting like antennas, transferred to other cells and play the main role in producing Coronaviruses in biological cells. DNA is built from charged electrons and atoms and has an inductor-like structure. This structure could be divided into linear, toroid and round inductors. Inductors interact with external electromagnetic waves, move and produce some extra waves within the cells. The shapes of these waves are similar to shapes of hexagonal and pentagonal bases of their DNA source. These waves produce some holes in liquids within the nucleus. To fill these holes, some extra hexagonal and pentagonal bases are produced. These bases could join to each other and form virus-like structures such as Coronavirus. To produce these viruses within a cell, it is necessary that the wavelength of external waves be shorter than the size of the cell. Thus 5G millimeter waves could be good candidates for applying in constructing virus-like structures such as Coronaviruses (COVID-19) within cells.

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... Each part is sent on a narrow frequency channel called the carrier so that each carrier is orthogonal to the neighbouring carriers on its two ends; for example, when the carrier has the greatest value, the adjacent carriers have a zero value as shown Fig 2. [5], [6]. Although 5 th generation technologies have become faster than 4 th generation technologies in transmitting data, they are still limited to use due to the high prices of mobile phones that work with this technology [7], and some researchers claim there is a relationship between short frequencies of 5 th generation technologies and appearance of the Coronavirus (Covid 19) [ 8]. ...
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... o A paper published in 2020 by Fioranelli and colleagues (Fioranelli et al., 2020), and which has since been retracted, states that "In this research, we show that 5G millimeter waves could be absorbed by dermatologic cells acting like antennas, transferred to other cells and play the main role in producing Coronaviruses in biological cells." As stated, this paper has been retracted. ...
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