It's far from your typical problem, for sure and likely one not even on any risk analysis and mitigation chart within the UK. Misinformation and social media posts linking the spread of COVID-19 and 5G deployment have been spreading within the country and have already resulted in both network infrastructure damage and abuse towards workers. A few cellular masts were attacked over the weekend - at least four running the Vodafone network, with some shared with O2. Understandably, this escalation, as well as reports of violence towards support workers, repairing said infrastructure,...
Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/uk_cellular_infrastructure_under_attack_after_misinformation_liking_5g_and_covid19_spreads-news-42461.php