/oss/taxonomy/term/4699/all en /oss/article/covid-19-health/virus-every-season <p>We have all heard the claim, passed down the generations, that you catch a cold by being exposed to cold weather. That’s what I used to believe when I was younger. Then I graduated to the explanation that respiratory tract infections, like the cold and the flu, peak in the winter months because we spend so much more time indoors. Close contact favours viral transmission, you see. But the reality is<a href="https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007327"> a lot more complex</a> than these simplistic accounts, which break down when we contemplate their logic.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2020 15:45:09 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8345 at /oss