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EMF as an Illness Intensifier

Some people believe that COVID-19 was caused by wireless radiation alone. This is plainly incorrect. The causative agent of COVID-19 is, almost certainly, an infectious airborne virus. However, does that mean that EMF cannot contribute to this illness in any way? Well, that’s technically not true, either.

People have been raising concerns over 5G wireless networks for a while, now, citing the use of higher frequencies than old GSM standards as a potential source of danger. Some of these concerns seem unfounded, at first glance. Technically, high-frequency EMF over 10 GHz has a very shallow penetration depth in the body. It barely gets through the skin. There is simply too much water in the way. This is one of the things that flummoxes the Internet of Bodies guys trying to get THz radiation to penetrate the skin; its penetration depth is even shallower than the 5G high band, quite literally fractions of a millimeter.

EMF-Portal – Radio frequency (10 MHz–300 GHz)

Does this mean that there is no risk from EMF, especially for COVID-19 sufferers? Well, the true picture here is a bit more complex than that. As it turns out, COVID-19 and EMF injury have an overlapping etiology of disease. They share an initiating event, in the form of excess calcium being drawn into cells through ion channels.

Journal of Clinical and Translational Research – Evidence for a connection between coronavirus disease-19 and exposure to radiofrequency radiation from wireless communications including 5G

In this study, we examined the peer-reviewed scientific literature on the detrimental bioeffects of WCR and identified several mechanisms by which WCR may have contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic as a toxic environmental cofactor. By crossing boundaries between the disciplines of biophysics and pathophysiology, we present evidence that WCR may: (1) cause morphologic changes in erythrocytes including echinocyte and rouleaux formation that can contribute to hypercoagulation; (2) impair microcirculation and reduce erythrocyte and hemoglobin levels exacerbating hypoxia; (3) amplify immune system dysfunction, including immunosuppression, autoimmunity, and hyperinflammation; (4) increase cellular oxidative stress and the production of free radicals resulting in vascular injury and organ damage; (5) increase intracellular Ca²⁺ essential for viral entry, replication, and release, in addition to promoting pro-inflammatory pathways; and (6) worsen heart arrhythmias and cardiac disorders.

As it turns out, coronaviruses love calcium. They do everything they can to pull calcium from the extracellular space into the cytosol and to liberate it from the endoplasmic reticulum to amp up cellular metabolism, improving the translation rate and replication of virions but also producing a lot of oxidative stress and inflammation in the process.

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SUMMARY:

• Martin L. Pall has been warning for years that wireless radiation inflicts oxidative injury to cells by opening voltage-gated calcium channels and setting off an oxidative stress cascade.
• If you have COVID and are hit by microwave radiation, it could potentially make you sicker and the article goes through the mechanism of action.
• 5G base stations are rarely discussed but have phased-array antennas which can be directed, concentrated, narrow beams of RF.
• Multiple base stations working in concert can combine their beams which could result in negative health effects.  Telecom companies are essentially installing high-powered masers every few hundred feet as part of small-cell initiatives.
• Switzerland halted 5G rollout which should concern us.
• People that state there is no reason to worry about EMF are dead wrong.