Microwave effects have been proposed as the cause of otherwise unexplained illnesses of U.S. diplomats in Cuba and China occurring since 2017 and 2018.[12][13][14] However, this explanation has been debated. Bioengineer Kenneth R. Foster noted of the health effects observed in the diplomats, "it's crazy, but it's sure as heck not microwaves."[15] As of October 2021, a microwave cause remains one of the major hypotheses.[16][17]

The whiplash of footnotes 15 - 17 hurt me more than Havana syndrome ever harmed anyone