re: "Bundle up. You're gonna catch a cold." Is plausible.

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My wife's grandmother is always telling her that our kids will catch a cold because they don't have socks on. WTF is that about

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How are you guys not getting this? Not wearing enough clothing, especially in your extremities, drops your core body temp. Anyone who has ever not worn thick enough socks to a deer stand understands this. When your core temp drops, your body has to work harder to keep it up, and your immune system suffers. Combine this with breathing cold air, which provides a better environment for the virus to replicate in your respiratory tract, and your odds of contracting the virus go up. It's not one or the other, it's both, and has been known if not proven for a very long time.