Aussie tradie’s brilliant comeback to 5G conspiracy theorist

Extraordinary footage has emerged of contractors standing their ground after they were confronted by a conspiracy theorist while setting up 5G in a suburb.

The men were installing a small 5G Telstra cell in Murrumbeena, in Melbourne‘s south-east on Wednesday morning.

A woman approached them to express her concern about the close proximity of the cell to nearby homes and a school.

She filmed the heated confrontation where she launched into a bizarre rant falsely claiming the residents would be exposed to the highest level of radiation. 

Armed with paperwork, she calls out to the workmen and asks if they’re ‘happy’ to be participating in installing the 5G cell.

‘We sure are,’ a contractor replied.

The woman accuses the contractor of ‘assault’ after he asked if she’d thought about a tin foil hat to keep out radiation.

‘Tin foil hat’ is a term used to refer to someone who believes in conspiracy theories.

‘You don’t have the right to laugh at me when I’m concerned,’ the furious woman said.

‘Are you going to laugh now? Are you still laughing at me and telling me I’m a tin foil hat?”

The contractor replied: ‘I am!’

The angry woman notes the man’s workplace on his uniform and threatens to contact his company to make a complaint while accusing him of being ‘complicit of an offence’.

‘I think you should,’ the man suggested. 

The no-nonsense contractor continues to stand his ground and clap back at the woman as his colleagues get on with the job.

‘We’re here doing our job legally and we’re being accosted by you,’ he firmly told her.

‘You shouldn’t even be here on our job site. We’re not here to cause you grief. You’re here to cause us grief. You’re very worked up for no apparent reason.’

The woman disagreed and refused to leave the site.

‘No, I am on public land,’ she argued. 

‘I’m not causing grief. I am emotional but don’t twist my words. Asking a question isn’t a crime. I’m really respectful to you.’

The woman continues on her rant as the workers continue with their job.

‘You don’t have to bring security down when a lady is asking a question,’ she continues arguing.

‘I’m really respectful to you. This document is showing you the radiation approved by Telstra and the body regulator is 26GHz’.

Footage of the confrontation was shared on Twitter and has since gone viral.

‘Another ‘Buy this man a Beer’ moment! A Cooker approaches contractors installing a small 5G installation in Melbourne’s Murrumbeena, and is politely told to ‘go away’ (and a little more),’ the clip is captioned.

The video was inundated with praise for the contractors on how they handled the encounter.

‘This was my day job dealing with people like her on construction sites and he handled it perfectly!’ one viewer commented.

Another added: ‘Whoever casually dropped the ‘tinfoil hat’ line definitely gets a beer from me!’

While high-frequency waves from the likes of X-rays and ultraviolet rays can be damaging over time, 5G is a non-ionising, low-frequency wave, meaning it does not cause any internal damage to cells.

The roll-out of 5G networks in Australia began in June 2019, with technology using a similar frequency to existing 3G and 4G networks.

The only difference with 5G is it can work at faster speeds as it uses a higher band.

Sydney University Emeritus Professor Simon Chapman, an expert in the development of cancers, said there is no evidence whatsoever that 5G – or any mobile network – causes serious illness.

‘With every generation of technology rolled out we hear the same claims — for internet or radio or mobile signals. It is predictable this group would protest against 5G,’ he said.