Fear of citizens prevents the deployment of WiFi networks

The authorities of the town of Sebastopol, north of San Francisco, have encountered inexplicable difficulties in the process of deploying a free Internet network. Residents made a strong protest. Under the online petition, 235 “signatures” were collected.

According to the organizers of the protest, wireless WiFi is harmful to people's health. Several activists carried out a mass agitation in the town, organized a collection of signatures, and then announced to the meeting of the municipal council and persuaded him to cancel the project. After talking with activists, dozens of residents of Sebastopol admitted that they actually feel unwell under the influence of electromagnetic radiation, and near wireless access points their head starts to ache and other symptoms of “electromagnetic sensitivity” appear. Such a disease does exist, but doctors tend to classify it as psychosomatic. Simply put, this is a specific mental disorder.

This is not the first time that people declare their suffering under the influence of EMR. The phenomenon has already manifested itself in the UK: see an article about people who are physically incompatible with high-tech . By the way, the merchants reacted keenly to the new phenomenon and set up the production of special equipment to protect against EMR, including home curtains with a special coating, masks and helmets.