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I know someone that would use a microwave to heat up food. But would literally run away from it whenever she used it and only come back after the set time passed.
That is at least somewhat logical, if not a bit overly paranoid. A microwave can cause damage if the shielding is damaged, wifi cant ever cause damage.
It could….
If you stuck your head next to a router 24/7 for years with it blasting at full power.
Most consumer grade routers (and enterprise grade access points for that matter) are unable to produce more than 1W. Even with a higher gain factory antenna you might be radiating maybe 30W. There is no conceivable length of time that you could be exposed to that radiation and suffer ill effects from it. I'd be surprised if it was even enough heat the air around it.