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Strategies & Market Trends : The Financial Collapse of 2001 Unwinding

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To: elmatador who wrote (4524)2/23/2020 2:14:23 PM
From: Elroy Jetson  Read Replies (1) of 13801
 
Most viruses survive longer in cold weather, increasing the time they have to infect new hosts.

Cold temperature hardens the viral coating into a rubbery gel, while heat liquefies the viral coating leaving the virus unable to survive long outside a host - infectioncontroltoday.com

Other pathogens like Salmonella and Cholera survive outside a host far longer in warm or hot weather. A change in the genome encoding the viral shell could likewise render that virus as resistant to hot weather as cold.
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The theory popular with Mothers, that cold weather reduces immunity and sweaters are protective against disease, is only applicable in limited circumstances.
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