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Perhaps there is basis for the otherwise absurd notion that 5G radio is harmful. The article didn’t indicate the wavelength or intensity needed to cause the flip.
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Wouldn’t that be mell of a hess? Conventional wisdom says 5G can’t cause harm. This might be a heretofore uninvestigated aspect to RF.

5G encompasses an incredibly wide range of frequencies, using the current cell freqs of around 600-900Mhz, up to around 100GHz. Most are still using low-band on the old cell frequencies, and mid-high bands in the 3-5Ghz range. FCC has auctioned off higher bands in the 20-50s Ghz, but I don't think too many carriers have rolled those out yet, if the current phones can even support those frequencies. And they're looking at selling off up to 100GHz as well.

To put the 5G frequencies in perspective:
Infrared light goes from near visible down to about 300GHz.
Your wireless router is already spreading EMF around your house in the 2.4GHz and likely 5GHz bands.
Your microwave runs around 2.45GHz, and commercial microwaves are often at 915 MHz.
Air Traffic Control radar is usually in the 1-4GHz range.
Weather radar is around 2-12GHz
Marine radars are generally the same, between 2-12GHz.
Popo radar guns run on bands right around 24.1GHz for Kband radars, and down around 10GHz for XBand radars.
Red light cameras are usually triggered by a sensor spraying you with 34.3GHz EMF.
DirectTV transponders are around 18-20GHz.
GPS satellites are pushing 1.2-1.6GHz, and GLONASS and the European ones are in the same range.
TxDoT traffic sensors run on 10.525GHz.
Bluetooth devices run from 2.4 to 2.5GHz.
RFID chips can vary from 850-950MHz, or 2.45 to 5.8GHz.

Unless there's somehow a very specific frequency that does damage somehow, 5G isn't going to be doing much to you. Ionizing radiation doesn't hit until you get midway through the ultraviolet light frequency, and 5G isn't anywhere close to that. Sure, too much exposure to EMF radiation isn't good for you, but there's a lot of background EMF already, and none of this is going to be powerful enough to hurt.