That's a very interesting take on this. I agree the spread of this particular flu is unlike any I've heard of in my lifetime. And there are cell carriers now that are offering free phones for coming to their 5G service. And that ad just started.
What if 5G was created as a vehicle for this?
Let's go way out on conspiracy type hypothetical's here.
Anyone ever watch the movie, "The Stand" ? Its opening line is: "This is the way the world ends."
Think of the biblical prophecy concerning the anti-Christ. There are two in the bible. A small "a" anti-Christ and the capital "A" Anti-Christ.
What if movies and small screen films or series, are a way of preparing us for the next level of change in the world or human population? This way once exposed to certain screenplay story lines we're not overly shocked when it becomes a reality. It is something our subconscious is already familiar with and has adjusted our emotions accordingly.
The Stand story line: After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
Trailer:
The Stand full mini-series movie
Remember when the news reported about this virus in China? The really poor people there contracted it we were first told because they ate soup that included bat for meat, then it was snake and the like?
The black plague that savaged Europe centuries ago was spread by fleas.