Scandinavian:

also, remember one doesn't get a cold from being cold, people with access to the real internet can find that info. 

DrMonkey:

Easy, people can have very different tolerance to cold. Vietnamese friends, who grew up in a perpetual summer, felt like frozen by 10c. A Thai friend was feeling the same during her first winter in Suzhou, despite many layers of clothes. If you grew in a place with cold winter since you are kid, never with tons of clothes, of course 15c feels very comfortable.

Stiggs:

I like fresh air, even if it does get a bit colder. Of course, with the smog 'fresh' isn't quite what you get but even so...

sorrel:

boiling water and lemon/citrus/ginger/honey cheap and effective.

Scandinavian:

or this

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/07/health/upwave-colds/

Scandinavian:

or this

http://theconversation.com/mondays-medical-myth-you-can-catch-a-cold-by-getting-cold-2488

immaomao:

I read it, but to be honest i think that his kids are just lucky to have a good health. People in my country believe that there few reasons cause catching a cold, the most common ones are infection and cold weather. So even if it is slightly cold(25 C) outside we dress a sweater instead of a T-shirt. 90% of people I know will have a running nose or a sore throat after they felt cold or there were drafts in the room. Of course there are 10%  with really good health but mostly because their parents were not very concerned about them dressing a lot or washing hands with warm water and soap etc. Sometimes it looks like the less you care the healthier they grow. So I think it is all about getting used to cold, and yes this seems like a good thing to remember since I don't want mine kids to suffer like me. 

DrMonkey:

@immaomao If 25c feels a bit cold to you, it's warm for anybody used to temperate or cold climates. Are you from a tropical country ? As a kid, being in shorts in the middle of winter for sport was the norm, and no we had to wash our hands, daily showers, etc. It's just cold tolerance, part nurture, part nature. I think your colleagues don't even imagine that someone can feel cold at 15c. I had to see people shivering at 10c to believe it, as  for me a T-shirt with an opened thin vest are enough.

@Scandinavian Ha ha, same here. How many time I made people touch my arm, to show them that no, I'm not feeling cold ! And running outside in shorts in January, people took pictures.

tbh66:

25c cold?  Please answer what do you consider hot?

Scandinavian:

@immaomao: It doesn't really matter what people in your country believe, it matters what science sees as evidence based facts. In South Korea people believe that you can die from sleeping in a room that has a fan on, to a degree where there are even government regulations in place about fans. 

immaomao:

That's just another cultural difference. We are taught that what causes Cold is cold weather and draught. It is different in your country and I respect it. I would also appreciate if you could do the same for me. 

ScotsAlan:

I agree with Mike.

It's a science thing, not a hocus pocus cultural thing.

If you cold and wet, you body shuts down it's extremities to save the core. The germs get a foothold in the weak parts and when your in a warm and comfy environment you feel shit because your body is overloaded with nasty shit.

Door handles are the biggest cause. The butterfly effect.

Some old dear empties her lungs onto the pavement. Ying and yang... better out than in.

An untied shoelace is trailed through the toxic packet of deposited flem.

A polite westerner indicates to a stranger that his shoelace is undone.

Transfer from throat to ground to shoelace to hand to doorhandle.

I have yet to see an ayi wash a door handle with tea. Tea being the cure for all ills of course.

immaomao:

Another failed Sherlock Holmes