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anor_wondo t1_iz8zuso wrote

Reply to comment by DistributedIntellect in A new study focuses on the crucial question of why people are more vulnerable to catching colds during the months of winter. The answer hinges on an evolved defense system, innate to the human nose, that is numbed by frigid temperatures. by BoredMamajamma

Reddit is the only place where people state with confidence that cold has nothing to do with it but the other things it causes (like people huddling closer).

On the other hand, not a single doctor has denied me that cold environments make you more susceptible.

For me getting a throat infection from drinking cold water has close to 100% correlation

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