Drabble by Kevin Fagan for May 20, 2020

ok, why did she put her mail in the microwave?

2nd that first question

Well talk about timing, just today CDC says COVID-19 does NOT spread easily on surfaces.https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/how-covid-spreads.html

I made a little tanning bed for our mail and packages. An aquarium sterilizing UV lamp and a plastic tote.

….. and I am so old I remember when I received actual “snail” mail, now it’s only advertisements, etc., plus small deliveries from Amazon of course.

Kung Flu fightin’

Next thing you know dear leader will be turning to one of the doctors and asking them to look into giant microwaves as a way to cure people…

I pick up the mail, stop by the recycle bin sort, then wash my hands. I open the mail box on the sides, I leave the pull tab for the mail person. I’ve cleaned that too.

VERY, VERY, VERY BAD advise intimated in this cartoon. You can set your house on fire doing this. The idea is that you will kill the COVID 19 virus using this procedure. If you must, use the oven set at 160 degrees and allow the recommended time.

There is no substantiated evidence that you can catch COVID 19 from your mail. But if you must do something to feel safe, just quarantine the mail for a couple days in a remote part of your home, say the garage.

If you don’t have or use a letter opener it make it easy to open

Funny cartoon but not good information. Microwave ovens will probably not effect a virus at all. A microwave oven works on the water in items and there is also a minimum size that will effect the item. covid-19 is too small and does not contain enough water. The only way for this to work would be to soak or spray the mail with water then cook it until the mail was hot enough to kill the virus.

In Phoenix, just leave it in the mailbox a while before you bring it in. Same result.

This is what happens when people don’t understand how technology works.

I don’t get it. Nuking the mail is silly. Just wash your hands when you’re done with the mail, duh.

Please don’t copy this behavior…not a good idea for several reasons.

Well if the object is to eradicate your bills, still….

Who says you can’t learn things from the comics

My guess is June (AKA Honeybunch) is sanitizing the mail.

Good question! Maybe she thinks she’s using “hotmail”?

Anyone actually doing this has gone beyond the pale.

Anyone actually doing this at home has already gone beyond the pale…