Why is the weather so good?
The UK is now entering stage one of climate change.
It's November, and still warm, no overnight frost yet. There are so many of my friends with colds and flu just now. And the reason? It's too warm, and the bugs are not getting killed by a cold snap.
What a load of tosh. Why do people still blame the weather for colds and illnesses. They are viruses, not caused by warmth or cold. They are minute organisms that live in our bodies and pass around through other bodies.
Take this scenario. Bob has a cold - the virus is in his system, he coughs and splutters and his germs are in the air, and they quickly find another body to infect. So Bob passes his cold on to Sue, then Sue to Dick, then Tom, and so on.
Where in this process does the cold virus get exposed to sub-zero temperatures and start kicking up the daisies?
