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   From: bats@boston.com   
      
   Looks like he no longer wants “High Fidelity.”   
      
   Actor John Cusack is the latest Hollywood star to jump on off-   
   the-wall conspiracy theories railing about the alleged dangers   
   of powerful new 5G networks, which some claim weaken human   
   immunity, making people more susceptible to COVID-19.   
      
   “5 – G wil [sic] be proven to be very very bad for people’s   
   health,” tweeted the star of the 2000 movie based on Nick   
   Hornby’s “High Fidelity” novel.   
      
   “I got sources in scientific community – and medical,” he   
   claimed Tuesday — angrily calling his critics “just DUMB” and “   
   f—ing Sheep.”   
      
   Cusack, 53, never specified the dangers he fears — but his   
   attack came amid a growing conspiracy linking the network with   
   the global spread of the coronavirus.   
      
   Fellow actor Woody Harrelson, as well as singer M.I.A., are just   
   some of the celebrities who have pushed the theories, which   
   claim that the networks started in Wuhan, China, at the same   
   time as the deadly pandemic. Some suggest radiation from the   
   powerful new technology weakens the immune system, making people   
   more susceptible to the bug — while others believe it is the   
   cause of the coronavirus.   
      
   The conspiracy has been blamed for a series of arson attacks on   
   phone towers in the UK, with the nation’s UK cabinet minister,   
   Michael Gove, damning it as “dangerous nonsense.”   
      
   Cusack has previously said he supports parents refusing   
   vaccinations — an argument pushed by many of the 5G conspiracy   
   theorists, GQ noted, including “Paper Planes” star M.I.A.   
      
   Cusack’s latest tweet sparked a rush of outrage from many of his   
   1.6 million followers, including a meme of his famous boombox-   
   holding scene in “Say Anything,” with the caption, “5G is just   
   fancy radio.”   
      
   The conspiracy theories have been branded “the worst kind of   
   fake news” by England’s medical director Stephen Powis, the BBC   
   notes.   
      
   “Conspiracy theorists are a public health danger who once read a   
   Facebook page,” Dr. Michael Head of the University of   
   Southampton told the Evening Standard.   
      
   “The celebrities fanning the flames of these conspiracy   
   theorists should be ashamed.”   
      
   https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/john-cusack-is-latest-star-to-push-   
   5g-conspiracy-theory/   
       
      
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