# Microwaves?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwaves/852501>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 24, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwaves/852501 "2020-04-24T14:31:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwaves/852501/21 "2020-04-25T08:18:18Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> We could all drink PepsoCola company’s new beverage **COVID 19** disinfecting soda-pop.

I knew a fellow (a wastrel from a prominent family) who IV-injected straight cola for the sugar+caffeine rush and white port for the alcohol rush, a really cheap drunk.

His ironic death did not result directly from those practices. An ethical cola company would package their COVID remedies as anal suppositories. Clean ya right out, pardner! Hey, it dissolves coins, so a virus won’t stand a chance!

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwaves/852501/22 "2020-04-25T16:02:49Z")

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What is wrong with people?

[People across the country keep microwaving face masks, firefighters are begging them to stop](https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-face-masks-microwave-dont-do-it-very-bad-lots-of-fire-20200422-lhw6zczksfgyljf4xkzizuexiq-story.html)

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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwaves/852501/23 "2020-04-27T10:50:59Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> It could be done without harming the cat. Seriously. I don’t know about new research since 2001, but microwaves at the right field strength are harmless to animals, including people.

If by “the right field strength” you mean “so weak as to induce a negligible heating effect,” then yes, microwaves can be harmless, but then they also will have a negligible drying effect.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwaves/852501/24 "2020-04-27T12:10:52Z")

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If the disinfectant in their bloodstream has a lower boiling point than their blood, it could cause a problem. We probably need the medical doctors to look into it.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwaves/852501/25 "2020-04-27T12:35:06Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> If the disinfectant in their bloodstream has a lower boiling point than their blood, it could cause a problem. We probably need the medical doctors to look into it.

Isn’t that a “person of medical”?

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