Eamonn Holmes blasted over 5G coronavirus comments on This Morning

TV presenter Eamonn Holmes has been blasted – after casting doubt on media outlets that debunk 5G for causing coronavirus.
Eamonn Holmes with wife and fellow This Morning host Ruth Langsford.  (photo: Getty)Eamonn Holmes with wife and fellow This Morning host Ruth Langsford.  (photo: Getty)
Eamonn Holmes with wife and fellow This Morning host Ruth Langsford. (photo: Getty)

The This Morning host came under fire for the remarks from scientists who have dismissed the link between 5G phone masts and COVID-19 as “complete rubbish.”

"What I don't accept is mainstream media immediately slapping that down as not true when they don't know it's not true," the host said.

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"It's very easy to say it is not true because it suits the state narrative."

"That's all I would say, as someone with an inquiring mind."

Dr Simon Clarke, associate professor in cellular microbiology at the University of Reading, said: "Numerous doctors and scientists around the world have said that the disease is caused by a virus, something completely different to a mobile phone signal."

“5G radio signals are electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic waves are one thing, viruses are another, and you can't get a virus off a phone mast.

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He made the remarks in a segment with the programme's consumer editor Alice Beer, who said the 5G theory, which has led a number of phone masts to be set alight or vandalised, was "not true and it's incredibly stupid".

On Twitter, scientist Dr David Robert Grimes said: “5G conspiracy theories exhausting to debunk, but they're zombie myths that do serious harm. When people like @EamonnHolmes endorse them on air, it's exhausting. Eamonn, if you want to utilize your "enquiring mind", maybe talk to the scientists & physicians who are experts 1st.”