I don't believe that being cold gives you a "cold" - it doesn't make sense.  In Antarctica, and I assume the Arctic, people don't get colds.

I think that ENT surgeons in the subtropical regions of Australia (Queensland) do as much sinus surgery as those here in cooler Melbourne.
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:48:08 EDT
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Subject: Re: Digest of nose - volume 1 #27
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Dear Dr. Eccles,
     We've started cold and flu season in the northeastern US. Folk wisdom has
always stated that body chilling, drafts, wet clothing from rain, etc. not
wearing a hat or scarf in the cold, and so on, will predispose to URI's. Yet
the medical literature is in conflict with this "wisdom".
     Personally, I agree with "chilling predisposes to colds". 
     How does this learned group feel about this issue?
Sincerely, Ron Halweil, MD Oto-hns


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