据哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)近日报道,一段散播谣言的视频在美国社交媒体上被疯转。
视频中一名女子用剪刀剪开了一次性口罩的上端,取出了一块由塑料包裹着的铁丝,然后说,“他们把5G的线放在了这里,就在这。”
"They're putting a 5G wire inside these masks. I just cut it out."
谣言散布者称,一次性口罩中含有5G天线,它能发射电波控制和跟踪使用者,并让其最终患有癌症。
Here's the myth: Disposable face masks contain a 5G antenna used by the government to track and control people with radio waves that will eventually infect your brain with cancer.
可笑的是,这样的言论居然还得到了不少网友的支持,很多人在社交媒体散播这则关于口罩和5G的谣言,并纷纷表示要扔掉口罩。
面对谣言越传越广,美国CBS在节目中对此言论进行辟谣,“这样的说法没有任何科学依据!”主持人在节目一开场就下了结论,随后在节目中现场拆开了一个口罩,并拿磁铁来吸住了这根所谓的“5G天线”。
“那就是一根钢丝,有一缕头发的宽度,被塑料包裹着,类似于一些塑料袋附带的绑带。”
It was a piece of steel wire, the width of a strand of human hair encased in plastic, similar to twist ties that come with some plastic bags.
据CBS报道,一项专利证书证明,这些东西的设计可以追溯到20世纪70年代,早在1G、3G和智能手机出现前很久,这根钢丝就被设计在了口罩上。”
A patent shows the design of those kinds of masks goes back to the 1970s — long before smart phones with 1G, 3G or any other kind of wireless downloading system ever existed.
该专利称,这种塑料包裹的金属丝用于帮助口罩与鼻梁相密合,增加其贴合性,并且减少漏气的可能性。
The patent says the plastic-wrapped wire is used to help conform the mask to the nose bridge to make it fit better and less likely to leak.
最后主持人不得不像提醒小学生一样在节目中称,新冠肺炎是由病毒引起的,而且电磁波不会产生生物病毒,而口罩“不仅不包含5G天线,而且你不能用它来下载任何东西或打电话”,口罩的唯一好处“就是保护你和其他人免受病毒的传播。”
So, don't worry about that mask. It doesn’t contain a 5G wire and you can't download anything with it or use it to make a call.
The only thing those masks are good for is helping to protect people from the spread of COVID-19.
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