• Jay
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    4 months ago

    No. A cold is a virus, you won’t catch one by cooling yourself.

    • Greg Clarke
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      4 months ago

      That’s exactly what a virus that was trying to trick me would say…

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        4 months ago

        C’mon Greg, don’t you wanna be cool 😈

    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 months ago

      But, if the virus is already present in your system, cool and wet conditions can lower the effectiveness of your immune system. Tmyk