stackyFACTSWalking outside without a coat while slightly damp will definitely make you uncomfortable, but it will not magically give you the flu. Without a specific virus present to attack your system, all the cold wind in the world cannot conjure an infection. Your grandmother's dire warnings were incredibly well-intentioned, entirely fictional panic.
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