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Originally Posted by DRod9996
Yeah you wont be to far from Lubbock, thats where Im at. The weather has been really nice, now that its been raining. The thunderstorms have been killer too.  |
Have you been through one of those huge dust storms yet?
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Originally Posted by menendez1293
Theoretically you should have a less chance to get cold during the winter months, assuming the infection is a virus. A Virus can not live long outside of a host especially in the cold, there is a reason why hospitals are always cold.
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Rather than environmental temperature, other factors are more important in producing illness. Colds and flu are more prevalent in the winter months because the density of people indoors increases, as lstuner stated. Since the cold and flu are spread mainly by aerosolized particles, more people around a sick person increases the odds that someone will be infected with those particles. And while viruses (and most bacteria) thrive less in the cold, indoor temperatures are usually kept at room temperature, around 72 degrees (which prolong survival on surfaces).
Oh, and while it was once thought that keeping a hospital cold decreased overall replication of pathogens, hospitals have been found to harbor high loads of pathogens, especially more dangerous and drug resistant strains. I think colder temps has more to do with keeping health care workers actively moving about the hospital more comfortable. The same reason operating rooms are kept cold: because a surgeon gets hot in the sterile gown/mask, under the lights and under pressure.