{"id":18457,"date":"2021-06-03T11:27:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T18:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=18457"},"modified":"2021-06-03T11:29:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T18:29:33","slug":"covid-19-attributed-cases-and-deaths-are-statistically-higher-in-states-and-counties-with-5th-generation-millimeter-wave-wireless-telecommunications-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=18457","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Attributed Cases and Deaths are Statistically Higher in States and Counties with 5th Generation Millimeter Wave Wireless Telecommunications in the United States."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"authors\">\n<p><strong>Angela Tsiang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magda Havas<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-author-affilitation\">Trent School of the Environment, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada, K9J 7B8<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"summary\" class=\"article-summary\">\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-abstract\">COVID-19-attributed case and death rates for the U.S.A. were analyzed through May 2020 in three ways \u2013 for all 50 states, the country\u2019s largest counties, and the largest counties in California \u2013 and found to be statistically significantly higher for states and counties <em>with<\/em> compared to those <em>without<\/em> 5G millimeter wave (mmW) technology. 5G mmW index was a statistically significant factor for the higher case and rates in all three analyses, while population density, air quality and latitude were significant for only one or two of the analyses.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-abstract\">For <em>state averages<\/em>, cases per million were 79% higher (p = 0.012), deaths per million were 94% higher (p = 0.049), cases per test were 68% higher (p = 0.003) and deaths per test were 81% higher (p = 0.025) for states with vs. without mmW. For <em>county<\/em> <em>averages<\/em>, cases per million were 87% higher (p = 0.005) and deaths per million were 165% higher (p = 0.012) for counties with vs. without mmW. While higher population density contributed to the higher mean case and death rates in the mmW states and counties, exposure to mmW had about the same impact as higher density of mmW states on mean case and death rates and about three times as much impact as higher density for mmW counties on mean case and death rates.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-abstract\">Based on multiple linear regression, if there was no mmW exposure, case and death rates would be 18-30% lower for 5G mmW states and 39-57% lower for 5G mmW counties. <strong>This assessment clearly shows exposure to 5G mmW technology is statistically significantly\u00a0associated with higher COVID-19 case and death rates in the U.S.A<\/strong>. \u00a0The mechanism\u2013should this be a causal relationship\u2013may relate to changes in blood chemistry, oxidative stress, an impaired immune response, an altered cardiovascular and\/or neurological response.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/esmed.org\/MRA\/mra\/article\/view\/2371?fbclid=IwAR1S_5vMmXPzpoMuxbFZsaoprl7oBTt9WN6QPR0cx1-iHApKDyCvizen0T4\">https:\/\/esmed.org\/MRA\/mra\/article\/view\/2371?fbclid=IwAR1S_5vMmXPzpoMuxbFZsaoprl7oBTt9WN6QPR0cx1-iHApKDyCvizen0T4<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angela Tsiang Magda Havas Trent School of the Environment, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada, K9J 7B8 Abstract COVID-19-attributed case and death rates for the U.S.A. were analyzed through May 2020 in three ways \u2013 for all 50 states, the country\u2019s largest counties, and the largest counties in California \u2013 and found to be statistically significantly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[346,357,434,702,289],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5g","category-5g-antenna","category-millimeter-wave","category-smart-city-wireless_devices","category-usa-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18457"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18462,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18457\/revisions\/18462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}