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Isn't it just that viruses survive longer at lower temperatures? As per wikipedia: "Flu viruses can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperat
by dchichkov 14y ago
Isn't it just that viruses survive longer at lower temperatures? As per wikipedia:
"Flu viruses can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperature, over 30 days at 0 °C (32 °F), and indefinitely at very low temperatures (such as lakes in northeast Siberia)."
- BenoitEssiambre 14y agoThat has always been my hypothesis. When you cough in the winter, germs are cooled and conserved on the ground. Then when someone brings in water or snow from their shoes, they are basically bringing in refrigerated puddles of germs. Someone must have tried to verify this?