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The "folk wisdom" that colds cause the Common Cold has the correlation correct, but not the causation. During winter people get less Vitamin D and stay indoors
by jiggawatts 4y ago
The "folk wisdom" that colds cause the Common Cold has the correlation correct, but not the causation.
During winter people get less Vitamin D and stay indoors in close proximity.
The low temperatures do not make you sick. The secondary effects of the season-that-is-cold does.
- protein_lense 4y agoTemperature and humidity can have a marked effect on the stability of enveloped viruses themselves. e.g. coronaviruses & RSV, which comprise a subset of the viruses responsible for common colds. Another common cold virus, Rhinoviruses, are non-enveloped.
- jiggawatts 4y agoWhich is true, but studies have shown that it is the increased time spent in the heated indoors that causes disease, not the time spent in the cold outdoors.