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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For a long time, it was believed that you were more likely to get sick in the winter because people spend more time inside close together. More recently, researchers found that your nose is less effective at preventing you from getting sick when temperatures are lower (https://www.wired.com/story/why-do-you-get-sick-in-the-winter-blame-your-nose/#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20shows%20that,bind%20and%20neutralize%20invading%20germs.&text=Inside%20the%20sticky%20confines%20of,surrounds%20small%20hairs%20and%20cells).
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