Maybe it's also a language problem as "choc thermique" is technically "thermal shock", but the French "choc" doesn't have the medical undertones of English "sho

Maybe it's also a language problem as "choc thermique" is technically "thermal shock", but the French "choc" doesn't have the medical undertones of English "shock". It just means that you go from hot to cold or the contrary. Anyway it's not common to think that entering a place with AC is actually dangerous.