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context mistrust public health institutions practices anticovidvaccination protests storming congress illustrated conspiracy theories real immanent threat health wellbeing democracy public understanding science one manifestation suggested correlation covid19 5g mobile technology throughout 2020 alleged correlation promoted distributed widely social media often form maps overlaying distribution covid19 cases instillation 5g towers conspiracy theories fringe phenomena form part growing repertoire conspiracist activist groups capacities organised violence paper outline spatial data coopted spatial correlations asserted conspiracy theorists consider basis claims causal association reference three key areas geographical explanation 1 social properties constituted exert complex causal forces 2 pitfalls correlation spatial ecological data 3 challenges specifying interpreting causal effects spatial data consider unique theoretical technical challenges involved specifying meaningful correlation discarding facilitates conspiracist attribution offer basis interrogate conspiracists uses interpretation data elementary principles offer cautionary notes potential future misuse age data democratization finally paper contributes work basis conspiracy theories general asserting absent appreciation key methodological principles spatial health data may especially prone cooption conspiracist groups