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Why is that? Dry air? Travel?
It would seem to me that hot air, where the molecules are roaming around at a faster rate, would induce more illness - rather than the slower, colder molecules...
Enlighten me.
In Reply to: Vague Q: Why do flus seem to hit in the winter? posted by Michele [15.829] on February 05, 2007 at 15:42:52:
I think it is dryer air, and the cooler temps inside and out, and the sinuses geting dried out, allowing organisms to get into the body.
Some say that when it is cold, people congregate more, but they still congregate in the warmer weather, and maybe more so, since we do more.
In Reply to: Vague Q: Why do flus seem to hit in the winter? posted by Michele [15.829] on February 05, 2007 at 15:42:52:
Lack of vitamin D (too little sunlight).
In Reply to: Vague Q: Why do flus seem to hit in the winter? posted by Michele [15.829] on February 05, 2007 at 15:42:52:
Hi Michele,
I have a feeling there are many reasons for this, but one I've heard is the effect of sugar on immunity. Starting in September, you have back-to-school lunch-box treats, then a whole series of candy holidays---Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, Valentine's Day, maybe St. Patrick's Day, then Easter. That may explain why the masses get sick, but not why people who avoid sugar and practice wellness get colds and flus.
Nutmeg
In Reply to: Vague Q: Why do flus seem to hit in the winter? posted by Michele [15.829] on February 05, 2007 at 15:42:52:
I don't think flus can survive in the air at all for very long, so I don't know if it would make any difference what the air is like. It may be that they can survive some air better than others though, I don't know.
I think they just go from host to host faster in the winter time because people are closer together for the most part.
In Reply to: Re: Vague Q: Why do flus seem to hit in the winter? posted by Nutmeg [4785.74] on February 05, 2007 at 19:23:13:
Yeah, I agree, plus the STRESS of those occasions, all wearing down the tired immune system. Then the Summer comes and the cycle continues... :-)
In Reply to: Re: Vague Q: Why do flus seem to hit in the winter? posted by Nutmeg [4785.74] on February 05, 2007 at 19:23:13:
Sounds good on paper (the sugars).. maybe stress with holiday season? Stress?
In Reply to: Re: Vague Q: Why do flus seem to hit in the winter? posted by ukchris [1490.2450] on February 05, 2007 at 17:08:36:
What about people who live in Florida, Bahamas.. they tend to get sick more these months...or is it the shoebees (the northern folks) who bring the germs?
Doesn't explain how this really happens or do we just whine more in the winter? lol
In Reply to: Good thought - but... posted by Michele [15.829] on February 05, 2007 at 20:10:11:
The weather still dips at this time of year, so it's likely more people will be observing typically indoor activities, rather than outdoor. Everything is relative, what is cold to a Floridian, might be quite mild, even warm, to me.
In Reply to: Re: Vague Q: Why do flus seem to hit in the winter? posted by Nutmeg [4785.74] on February 05, 2007 at 19:23:13:
Hi Nutmeg,
Maybe it is all that chocolate that inflames the mucous membranes and allows the virus to take easier hold...
There may be more gifts in that dairy box than we counted on.
I do know that I get more sore throats after Halloween
than at any other time of the year.
Anybody find the same thing?
In Reply to: Re: Vague Q: Why do flus seem to hit in the winter? (Chocolate WMD?) posted by Ron [2014.1671] on February 05, 2007 at 22:11:53:
Me. I get that but I get it because where I live, the leaves are turning and dying thus their water is not being used but sort of stagnent (in all the leaves, etc) so there is more mold.
I don't eat candy so it can't be that - but could be for sure for others; that seems to be when kids get "strep" the most - October/early November.
In Reply to: Re: Good thought - but... posted by ukchris [1400.3207] on February 05, 2007 at 21:20:26:
I've been in the bahamas in their cold season and have family in florida; true that it is relative but the folks I know certainly don't hang inside more.
In fact, in those places I would actually say that they ALWAYS hang inside more. If you ever have been to the bahamas, the last thing you see is a bunch of locals on the beach. You see tourists.
The locals - and this is also true of many folks in florida - from from their AC home to their AC car to their AC workplace.
Only seasonal folks tend to either run outside or run inside depending upon the weather.
So, it would seem that those places may even have higher rates of the flu.
But it all seems very equal.
In Reply to: Re: Good thought - but... posted by Michele [6.829] on February 06, 2007 at 07:58:54:
Thanks, Michele.
There are MANY factors that have to do with susceptibility to infectious diseases. Humidity is only one and it is mostly in temperate regions where indoor heating is a factor. One of the truisms of epidemics is that as the epidemic progresses the infectious organism actually gains strength. This is one fadtor that allows it to spread into tropical areas during the epidemic process.
Hope this helps.
Walt
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