Does the rain help in NOT spreading flues?
We don’t know; rain doesn’t last long enough to see its effect on an epidemic. One could argue that the rain drops, on their way down, gather tiny droplets from infected breath and “clean” the air. But it is only a speculation. If the flu and the common cold happen mostly during the winter, it is because of those two reasons: The flu or rhino virus dies quickly when the temperature is above or under the average body temperature. But, when exposed to really cold temperature, it goes into hibernation and lasts longer. During the winter, those virus will remain longer active in the air. During the winter, we tend to stay more inside our homes and other gathering places. The infection has a greater chance to move from one person to another. If you are interested in the swine flu, the father of my son’s best friend is the head infectious diseases physician in Norway and he recently told me this: He thinks we will now see the swine flu emerge in Argentina and South Africa, that are now going
