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There's an hypothesis, which conceptually makes sense though not sure how proven it is, about why flu season is Jan/Feb - March/April. Basically during Fall as
by yumraj 9y ago
There's an hypothesis, which conceptually makes sense though not sure how proven it is, about why flu season is Jan/Feb - March/April.
Basically during Fall as the amount of sunlight drops our bodies vitamin D, for which there is clinical evidence that it helps with immunity, drops leaving us more susceptible to infections leading to the overall flu season starting in Jan/Feb time frame. As the sunlight picks up, vitamin D increases and flu season tapers off.
- baddox 9y agoDo you have more info about that hypothesis? I always thought that the usual explanation was simply that people are inside buildings and cars (and thus around other people) more often when it is colder outside.
- yumraj 9y agohttps://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/51913.php https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/51913.php