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"Don't go outside without a jacket or else you'll catch a cold!!" It's a common enough saying in most households. But is it true? Will you really catch a cold if you go outside without a jacket?

Studies show that it's.............. completely FALSE! You could stand outside on a snowy day(something which most likely won't occur in sunny San Diego) wearing nothing but your underwear and not get a cold.    

Not even a small case of the sniffles. See, colds are caused by viruses, and spread from person to person through contact. Though being cold is certainly unpleasant, it doesn't increase your chances of being infected.

Oh, what's this? You don't believe me? You ask why people get colds more often during winter? Well, that's an easy enough question to answer! It's simply because people tend to stay inside when it's cold out. Yes, yes, I know, I kind of stated the obvious.... but it's true! The virus that causes colds is passed through touch. If everybody stays indoors within close proximity to one another, colds can be easily transferred from one person to another.

 

 

 

                               

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So next time your mom begins scolding you ("Why didn't you wear that jacket I bought you? I told you! I TOLD YOU TO WEAR IT! Now look, you've gotten a cold. IF you had just worn your new jacket, you wouldn't be feeling so bad right now.") for not wearing a jacket, you can reply calmly and intelligently with this newfound tidbit of knowledge ("MOM, IT'S NOT MY FAULT! For the last time, you that you don't get colds from being cold! It's a VIRUS! ughh... crazy old woman...."). But... if I were you, I wouldn't bother. After all, as a great man and playwright once said, "[insert name of underworld here] hath no fury like a woman scorned".

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By: Ace of Spades

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Source: About.com

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