Wow, Keith, You must be a doctor or something, eh?
But, seriously, I know several others who have reported fewer colds once they started wearing hats once the weather gets cold. I have two theories. One is that since up to 25% of body heat is lost through the head during cold weather, a hat will obvously stop much of that heat loss, thus keeping the entire body warmer, and better able to fend off cold germs (I know, it's a virus...). This obviously flies in the face of scientific evidence which claims that a colder environment in and of itself does not increase our chances of catching a cold. OTOH, they used to think that there was nothing was smaller than an atom... My second theory (which is more likely to be true) is that the majority of hat wearers are (ahem) more mature gentlemen. The older we get, the fewer colds we get, because we can only catch each of the 150 or so strains of cold once. So, the older we get, the fewer cold viruses there are that we haven't already caught, and become immune to. Of course, if that's the reason, there's no causal relationship to hat-wearing and cold resisitance. Whatever... More of my usual OT drivel. cheers, frank Keith Whaley wrote: > Sure there is! The outdoor germs fall like rain on your hat, dribble off > the rim and fall to the ground, harmless. > So it seems, anyhow. . . long as they don't fall on your face, they > can't dig in and hold on... > -- "Hell is others" -Jean Paul Sartre
