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{"canonicalPath":"/v/5g-towers-spread-viruses-oou0n","receipt":{"challengePrompt":"Have stronger evidence that radiofrequency signals from 5G infrastructure can create, carry, or transmit infectious viruses? Send the primary source or study for a counter-check.","claim":"5G towers spread viruses.","confidence":"High","createdAt":"2026-06-18T09:01:36.285Z","kicker":"Radio waves are not a virus delivery system.","paidAt":"2026-06-18T09:01:36.283Z","reasons":[{"body":"Viruses spread through biological routes, such as respiratory droplets, aerosols, bodily fluids, contaminated surfaces, or vectors. A cell tower emits electromagnetic radio waves, not living material or infectious agents","stance":"weakens","title":"No biological carrier"},{"body":"5G uses non-ionizing radiofrequency energy. That type of signal does not have the mechanism to create a virus, replicate it, or move viral particles from one person to another.","stance":"weakens","title":"Wrong physical mechanism"},{"body":"COVID-19 and other viral outbreaks have occurred in places with and without 5G service. The WHO directly says viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks.","stance":"weakens","title":"Public-health record contradicts it"}],"score":3,"shareLine":"FactPage check: FALSE — 5G towers do not spread viruses; viruses spread through biological transmission routes, not mobile-network radio waves.","slug":"5g-towers-spread-viruses-oou0n","sources":[{"publisher":"World Health Organization","title":"COVID-19 myth busters","url":"https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters","usedFor":"Direct public-health statement that viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks."},{"publisher":"U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","title":"How infections spread","url":"https://www.cdc.gov/infection-control/about/index.html","usedFor":"Basic routes of infectious-disease transmission."},{"publisher":"U.S. Federal Communications Commission","title":"Radio frequency safety","url":"https://www.fcc.gov/general/radio-frequency-safety-0","usedFor":"Regulatory background on radiofrequency emissions from communications equipment."}],"summary":"The claim conflicts with basic virology and public-health guidance. 5G towers emit radiofrequency signals; viruses are biological particles that require biological transmission routes. Public health agencies reject the idea that mobile networks spread viruses.","vaultCategory":"Internet","verdict":"FALSE"},"type":"factpage.receipt","version":"fp-receipt-v1"}