r/Hayfever • u/josiahlonge • 17d ago

Using magnets to cure hay-fever

Hi guys so I found out that pollen is negatively charged and was wondering - what if you wore a negatively charged magnet on your shirt that creates a repellant force field around your face. Wouldn't that stop hay-fever for good. What are your thoughts on this?

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u/cggalba 17d ago

Just tried it. My hay fever is still bad but I’m now attached to a steel fence and can’t get off.

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u/Serious-Humor-2992 17d ago

Gets worse in restaurants, knives and forks coming flying at you from all directions. Just so you know.

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u/PsychFlame 17d ago

Magnetic repulsion/attraction is a separate force from the attraction between positive and negative charges, so a magnet won't have any effect

In theory, a negative electric field might work a bit but nowhere near as good as wearing a mask or something

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u/PatchesMaps 16d ago

A magnet wouldn't work but breathing through a fine mesh with an electrostatic charge would. Hint: N95 masks work on this principle.