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Increased mucous production leading to higher transmissibility? more time spent indoors? drier air (that one was new to me) we don't actually know the mechanism
by waveBidder 2y ago
Increased mucous production leading to higher transmissibility? more time spent indoors? drier air (that one was new to me) we don't actually know the mechanisms exactly, but there's some causal vector between cold weather and colds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold#weather https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold#weather
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoColds are more frequent in cold weather due to increased proximity and transmissibility. Bundling up better when outdoors won’t protect you against a cold.
- waveBidder 2y agooh I forgot the old wives tale was literally direct exposure rather than the season
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoYup! I really think my cat understands words. But he might be picking up on body language, or randomly iterating through a short list of behaviours until he gets a response. Human nature, closely studied, is unintuitive. I have to assume feline nature might be too.