air conditioning may be making us fat

Carole Allen writes:

WHY will a compromised immune system produce fewer symptoms than a
healthy one?

As I have explained again, and again, and again, the symptoms of a
cold come from the immune response to the virus, not the virus itself.

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Dave Frightens Me writes:

How is this newsgroups not representative of the world? We think
you're a loser, and apparently so does the world - which is why your
life is so poor.

The world has not expressed an opinion.

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Dave Frightens Me writes:

And you go on to explain yourself, or do you just get less hours?

It's not either-or. I explain the rule; there isn't any explanation
for why the rule exists.

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Dave Frightens Me writes:

You just admitted you are sometimes wrong.

Yes, so?

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Stanislas de Kertanguy writes:

You said there were no French fast food chains, I answered with
examples such as Paul and La Brioche dorée. These are even mntioned in
the Paris Fast food section of your website (hence the name I gave to
the debate).

Not everything in that section is a fast-food chain in the American
sense. The French chains are mere approximations. I wouldn't call a
place that sells mainly rolls and sandwiches and has no place to sit
down and has slow service and no trays a fast-food chain.

Even in the real fast-food chains in France, the service is so slow
that they don't really qualify.

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David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
deansgate writes:

This is a good example of your dishonesty. You said _universal_. What
are they?

They are universal because people can distinguish music from noise.
Without rules, that wouldn't be possible. Music uses tones and
timbres that are pleasing to the ear and arranges them in mathematical
relationships to each other that also are pleasing to the ear. Noise
does not. Thus, music follows universal rules that distinguish it
from noise.

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writes:

In other words, you don't admit to mistakes you make.

I haven't made any mistakes in this context.

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writes:

We've been here befo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4433496.stm

No, we have not. The majority of studies show no link at all between
cold temperatures and cold infections. The fact that you found what
might be an exception in a popular newspaper does not invalidate this
reality. Had you done more research, you would already know this.
Even the methodology of the one study mentioned in this article is
highly suspect. Most people don't go around with their feet in cold
water, even in cold weather.

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Martin writes:

Air conditioning itself may contribute to infection with common cold
viruses. The lining of the nose is covered with a thin layer of mucus
which protects against infection. Since air conditioners extract
moisture from the air they may cause some drying of the protective
mucous blanket in the nose and predispose to infection.

This is also mythology. Air conditioning extracts moisture from the
air, but only because the humidity becomes so high without
dehumidification that it is extremely uncomfortable to people. Air
conditioned air still has a level of relative humidity that is more
than sufficient to avoid drying of the mucous membranes. The fact
that hot climates also are very often excessively humid only makes the
dehumidification that much more important.

The real drying occurs with central heating, which heats the air and
dramatically reduces its relative humidity. This is made even worse
by the tendency for cold weather to be very low in humidity to begin
with.

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Dave Frightens Me writes:

Are you perfect?

No.

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