What is the common cold and why do we get more when it’s cold outside?

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Why do more people get it around the time when it gets cold? I can tell from personal experience I get cold symptoms when i don’t dress properly when it’s getting colder, or if I spend too much time in a room with AC in the summer. But it’s caused by a virus. What does the temperature have to do with the cold virus?

Also, is the virus wasn’t present would it be possible for us to spend time in cold weather without getting sick?

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The common cold is a bunch (over 200 different strains) of viruses that all have similar effects on the body, the most common being Rhinoviruses, Coronaviruses (the general category, not related to SARS-COV-2 that is responsible for Covid), adenoviruses, and Enteroviruses

Pretty much, if it’s a virus that causes mucus production in your upper respiratory system and basically not much else, it can be safely called a cold

As for why you get them when it’s cold outside, there are a few reasons that combine into a solid 1 2 combo

1: Your body is working hard to heat you up, so it has less energy for keeping your immune system at peak performance.

2: You’re more likely to be inside where there’s not a whole lot of places for germs to disperse into the wind

So it’s

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