I could have called this thread "Fever - the Other Version" or "Fever - The Cold Version". There are certain popularly reported "facts" that just defy all my attempts to understand. WHY do so many otherwise intelligent folks buy this hogwash? I'll give my example, maybe you can think of another common sense-defying popular myth.
It has to do with the common cold and similar infections. So many scientists INSIST that neither drafts, cold temperatures or wet clothes with wet hair in chilly conditions have ANYTHING to do with one's susceptibility to sickening germs. NO ONE can tell me that you can take an infant out in a blizzard improperly protected from the elements and be unconcerned about cold or flu. COMMON SENSE!! Or for that matter let ME go outside in mid winter with wet hair and no hat. I'm asking for BIG trouble.
Still some nerdy pseudo-Einstein will be quick to tell me you ONLY catch colds, etc, from GERMS. I KNOW this is true. My point is that the drafty wet conditions reduce one's immune defenses to those often present germs. Same thing with being overly run down or malnourished. To me these are all common sense! What do you think?
Don't worry... I'm passionate about this peev and SO sick [[cough, cough) of hearing talk to the contrary, but we'll still be friends if you disagree [[in time).
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