Saturday, May 18, 2013
Put a jacket on! you'll catch a cold!
By OFW editor: John Courtney
Published: February 26, 2013


FICTION!

Although there's a definite causality between cold weather and colds, the common cold is caused by rhinoviruses, which are impervious to the clothing we wear. In fact, rhinovirus infection proliferates in temperatures between 33–35 °C (91–95 °F). Cold weather usually makes people stay indoors, which might increase the person-to-person transmission of respiratory viruses.

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