COVID-19 and the flu have very similar properties and both thrive inside the human body. Since outdoor gatherings still have the green light in most Canadian provinces, tackling the winter cold and staying safe is a new challenge. Try refreshing your browser, or How Canadians can safely socialize outdoors in the COVID cold Back to videoIs it worth possibly getting exposed to COVID-19 to see a few friends, while getting frost-bitten toes? The answer is both yes and no because, well, humans need socialization but COVID-19 can spread more easily in the cold. According to Nature Journal, experiments have revealed that Sars-CoV-2 is one of the few viruses that favours very cold and dry conditions.

Source: National Post December 24, 2020 14:37 UTC