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An article published on a media website claims 5G radiation cause Covid. We fact-checked and found the claim to be False. Covid infection is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) and not 5G radiation.
The Claim
An article published on a media website named newspunch.com referred to research published in 2020 to claim 5G radiation is connected to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fact check
Does 5G radiation cause Covid?
No scientific evidence confirms 5G radiation causes covid. The claimed article referred to a 2020 research published in J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. We found that the article is retracted. The abstract says, “This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor. After a thorough investigation, the Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article as it showed evidence of substantial manipulation of the peer review’. From this statement, it is clear that the research paper was retracted because the results were not approved during the peer review process.
Peer review is an indispensable part of scientific communication. It is followed before publishing a paper to assess its quality and credibility. A group of
A group of experienced peer reviewers recommends changes to reduce the chance of a false claim and other discrepancies. But the ultimate power to publish a paper lies with the publishing house.
We even searched about the Newspunch and found that the website has lost its verification checkmark for posting fake news articles in the past.
The NewsPunch site’s terms of use confirm that the website does not stand for the accuracy of its reporting. The website mentions ‘NEWSPUNCH, LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE’.
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