In normal times loony conspiracy theorists, sadly a facet of the Right more than the Left, ply their unintentionally comic wares to the public. There are a few gullible sad souls who buy into them.

Elizabeth II is a drug dealer and/or lizard, the coronavirus is a cover for Trump targeting the “Deep State,” an international pedophile ring runs the planet, and (insert ethnic or racial group of your choice) are using the coronavirus to destroy (insert ethnic or racial group of your choice), are all ideas promulgated by serious cretins.

Given the oftentimes conservative bent of these folks, it recalls Wellington’s remark about the Inniskillings on the eve of Waterloo, “I don’t know what they’ll do to the enemy. By God, they frighten me.”

Now add to that list noted scientist and social expert former “Cheers” star Woody Harrelson. He recently posted on Instagram a report “about the negative effects of 5G” and its alleged role in the coronavirus pandemic. He has more than two million Instagram followers.

Said the confused thespian, “I haven’t fully vetted it I find it very interesting.” He finds “5G radiation” is “exacerbating” the spread of the coronavirus and making it more deadly.

Rap singer M.I.A., who apparently has the mental clarity prominent in many rap singers, has also tweeted about her 5G fears. She recently said that even if 5G does not cause COVID-19, it “can confuse or slow the body down in healing process as body is learning to cope with new signals wavelength’s frequency etc @ same time as Cov.” What the what?

The grownups have other views. In Britain, UK Cabinet minister Michael Gove decried the stories as “dangerous nonsense” while making the excellent point that 5G phone lines are crucial for emergency services battling the contagion. Professor Stephen Powis, the UK’s national medical director, called the theories “outrageous” and “absolute and utter rubbish.”

You’d think, as real lives are at stake, the conspiracy freaks would give it a rest for a month or two. But no, they see this as a boon to spread more irrational hysteria.

This piece was written by David Kamioner on April 6, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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