Comment on Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is an interesting line of thinking. I was told as a child that if I go out in the cold, I will get a cold. Have since heard it’s a myth. Is it more the symptoms that come from cold exposure, like a “headcold” or the virus itself?

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Reduced immune system response if you get chilled I reckon. Also airborne viruses survive much longer in the cold due to a fatty outer layer that evaporates in hot weather and sunshine. Also UV kills viruses and there’s less of that in cold weather.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      TIL

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think it’s exposure to cold can make us run down and more suspectable, if we are already fighting cold viruses we might succumb

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe when you’re cold your immune system is a little less robust? Then again I was at the gym yesterday and those places are Petri dish of illnesses sometimes lol

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• Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How does that work

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No idea but it sucks lol

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