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A new scientific finding has uncovered why we get more viral colds, flu and Covid in winter and during cold snaps.

The sardonic, reductionist headline here could be "Scientists finally figured out why you get more colds in winter: bEcAuSe iT's CoLd!"—but the actual science involved here is both interesting, and potentially very relevant to everyday life and especially the immunocompromised:

It turns out the cold air itself damages the immune response occurring in the nose. [...] In fact, reducing the temperature inside the nose by as little as 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) kills nearly 50% of the billions of virus and bacteria-fighting cells in the nostrils, according to the study published Tuesday in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. “Cold air is associated with increased viral infection because you’ve essentially lost half of your immunity just by that small drop in temperature,” said rhinologist Dr. Benjamin Bleier, director of otolaryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Want to avoid catching or spreading respiratory viruses like CoVid-19, RSV, influenza, or a common cold? Mask up, please, but also bundle up! Wrap up in a scarf, wear a balaclava, and just generally keep your face warm. There's no single magic solution, but that's not a reason to do nothing. Rather, it's a reason to take several simple precautions that help avoid the spread of disease and protect those around you. (I can't tell you how much "this isn't 100% effective so I shouldn't do it at all" frustrates me.)

Oh, and #knitblr? This is your time to shine.

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!!cw: stockholm syndrome(kinda), implied kidnapping&stalking, traumatic mutism(not because of mc)!!

Simon had kidnapped you several months ago. It feels like years though. You haven’t spent more than three hours alone since he did that. You don’t really know why. He says it’s for your safety. That he has done that to protect you. Even though you both know he should protect you from himself first…

At the end of the day, you both got used to it. He makes you breakfast every morning, you make lunch, and both of you make dinner. While you read on the porch swing, he cuts wood. You harvest the fruits and vegetables, he buys meat.

And when you fuss, Simon buys you new clothes, or bakes you cookies and pancakes-your favorite.

You, now, have your special routines. And your days can’t start or end without them. Even now that you have to share him live with his…friends? Colleagues?

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You didn’t know how or why it has happened. Simon grabbed you and a backpack he kept full -in case he had to leave, fast.

And now, here you are. In a bunker. With Simon and three others men you don’t know. The bunker was pretty small. Only two room, the main one have a sink, a table, food, and four mattresses laying directly on the floor, meaning you have to sleep with one of the men -Simon obviously. The other room was just a plain bathroom.

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As you try to tiddy up your -shared- mattress, everyone was staring at you. They just didn’t excepted Simon to bring you here. Of course, they knew your existence. Simon couldn’t shut up about you the few times he talked. Moreover, they knew in what conditions you met him and why you were living with him. Because it so happens that they have kind of the same…hobbies?

So why were they confused? It seemed obvious that Ghost would take you with him. Couldn’t let his babydoll in his house, alone, now that his ennemies found his adress.

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Simon -reluctantly- let reader’s out of his sight while he was in front of the bunker, smoking with John before going to bed. You lay on the mattress, Johnny and Kyle are on their own, talking and laughing. But you can’t sleep. You need your night routine to be fulfilled. And for that, Simon is required.

You fuss around under the covers, trying to get comfortable while waiting for Simon. But it seems like this cigarette break is never ending. Your huff makes Kyle and Johnny look at you.

« Everythin’ a’righ luv? » the Scottish asks.

You flex your bicep at them, they understand what you mean. Simon. They got acquainted along the day how you communicate about Simon. Since you can’t talk, you just show your bicep, because, well, he has big biceps.

Kyle snort a laugh in the back, enjoying how you call his friend. Johnny has a lil smirk while answering you.

« Ya need Simon?» At that, you nod.

He gets up and go outside the bunker, finding Simon and John.

« Your baby girl needs you Si. » Johnny says cheekily.

He immediately bolt towards the mattress, his two friends following him with a smirk.

«Are you okay? Why’d need me fo’ babydoll? » He says kneeling.

You immediately pull down the covers and pull up your his shirt, exposing your stomach. He tsks, pulling it back down, fast.

« Wha’d I say? Don’t show tha’belly when ther’is people nearby. »

You huff and lay on your stomach, pulling your shirt up your back.

« Yer back too » he hiss. You start kicking your legs under the covers.

« Babydoll I will give ye yer scratches just wait » as he gets confortably on his side, he makes you lay on his arm, while the others start the scratches you get every night before sleeping. His hand goes to your belly, your back, your thighs, your arms, the back of your neck, even your cheeks…

You can’t sleep without feeling his skin-to-skin gesture. It’s deeply grounded in your night routine.

What can he say? He made you spoiled rotten, and he doesn’t want to change any of that.

And of course Johnny and Kyle, the bastards, make fun of him for that. Damn, even Price gets into the giggling.

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