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by protein_lense 1306 days ago
Temperature and humidity can have a marked effect on the stability of enveloped viruses themselves. e.g. coronaviruses & RSV, which comprise a subset of the viruses responsible for common colds. Another common cold virus, Rhinoviruses, are non-enveloped.
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Which is true, but studies have shown that it is the increased time spent in the heated indoors that causes disease, not the time spent in the cold outdoors.