Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA, December 10th, 2007
Since flu virus is around all the time, scientists have puzzled for years over why most people seem to catch the illness only in the cold-weather months of winter. There were a lot of theories and myths about the seasonality of the flu. Some people believed it spread more in the winter because people spend more time indoors in closer contact. Others claimed that cold weather weakened people's resistance. In truth, according to a report in the New York Times, winter flu has little to do with people and a lot to do with the virus itself. The flu, it seems, likes it cold. Scientists have deter...
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