Is there any stopping 5g?

"Maybe it is time to start wearing tin foil hats. Or, maybe it is time to squeeze the government for true facts on how safe 5g really is."

5g. Is it a miracle, or is it potentially deadly? Or both? According to many technologists, 5g is the big "shebang". It is the advancement in digital technology which will change everything. The advancement which will take latency times down to just about zip. Now, there are many technical reasons on why this next "g" past 4, is such a big deal. Way above my paygrade to understand, much less try to explain. But I do know a wee bit about this upcoming wave of newness.

Reading the latest edition of Lifewire, updated as of yesterday, the entire world is marching towards 5g - it is not just for the USA. In fact, I was amazed to read about the number of different countries and companies which have just rolled out, are rolling out this month, or are rolling out in the upcoming months. I mean, this is YUGE! But - (and this is a big but), what about the electro-magnetic radiation? Are we going to slow cook our brains, just to have shorter latency speeds?

Our cell company (T-Mobile) has already rolled out their 5g phones. The T - Mobile branch we go to (in our area), sits a couple blocks away from a huge new 5g tower. To ignore the fact that 5g is not yet here, would be a fool's errand. And true confessions? I have been tempted to trade my phone in for a 5g phone. To see what the big buzz is all about. But then I have that nagging thought in the back of my head - how safe is this technology? Why are there still articles being written to warn the public about using this thing? How much has the FCC tested 5g to give it the stamp of approval? Finally, should we just snub 5g and put all our eggs in the basket of Elon Musk's Starlink program?

Meanwhile, time marches on. 5g continues to be rolled out globally at lightening speed, and Musk continues to launch Starlink satellites in batches of sixty at a time. Many new innovations are built around these new latency speeds offered by 5g. My question is this - has the train already left the station? Even if 5g is proven not to be safe, are still going to use it? Right now, it appears we have no choice. 

Maybe it is time to start wearing tin foil hats. Or, maybe it is time to squeeze the government for true facts on how safe 5g really is. I mean, like I brought up earlier, this is global, not national. If we ditched 5g, with the rest of the world using it, what does that mean for us? A global disadvantage?

Right now, there is no stopping 5g. It is coming at us at the speed of light, with very little latency. Safe or not, it is already here.