Though 5G technology and the coronavirus have absolutely nothing to do with one another, that hasn't stopped conspiracy theorists around the world from falsely linking the two.
One of these debunked theories is that the recently rolled out COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips with 5G technology, designed supposedly to track our every movement. To that end, what was promoted as a leaked photo of the top-secret schematic of this microchip recently began going viral.
Of course though, the schematic in question doesn't actually display a top-secret 5G chip. In fact, what it shows is the reworked circuit of a Boss Metal Zone distortion pedal.
The discrepancy was first spotted by Mario Fusco, a senior software engineer at Redhat, who took to Twitter to point it out.
Here in Italy people started to share this figure claiming that this is the diagram of the 5G chip that has been inserted in the covid vaccine.In reality it is the electric circuit of a guitar pedal and I believe that putting it in the covid vaccine has been an excellent idea💡 pic.twitter.com/qXKnv7VVlyDecember 28, 2020
“Here in Italy people started to share this figure claiming that this is the diagram of the 5G chip that has been inserted in the COVID vaccine,” Fusco said. “In reality it is the electric circuit of a guitar pedal.”
Indeed, a closer look at the schematic reveals "Bass," "Treble," and "Volume" labels, among other dead giveaways that this circuit will not, in fact, be put into your bloodstream upon receiving the vaccine.
If you're really craving some of those classic, high-powered Boss distortion tones in the meantime though, maybe wait for the upcoming Waza Craft version of the company's legendary HM-2 Heavy Metal pedal.
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