Polar vortex ‘boiling water challenge’ sends 8 people to hospital in Chicago-area

[Wingnut]

The Tide Pod generation strikes stupid again.

The Polar Vortex-inspired “boiling water challenge” turned out to be the polar opposite of fun for some people.

At least eight people in Illinois ended up in the hospital after their attempt at performing the “boiling water challenge” in the frigid weather last week went awry, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. The stunt requires participants to fill a pot or other container with boiling water and then toss the liquid in the air in subzero temperatures. The "challenge" is supposed to end with the liquid immediately dispersing into a cloud of frozen vapor.

“We strongly warn people to not perform the boiling water challenge,” Loyola burn surgeon Dr. Arthur Sanford told the Chicago Sun-Times. “There is no safe way to do it.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/polar-vortex-boiling-water-challenge-leads-to-8-hospitalized-in-chicago-area

[Frank Cannon]

Only one thing to do. Outlaw boiling water. It's for the children after all.