Originally Posted by
Biker395
+1
Another case where people confuse correlation with causation.
I read somewhere that colds and flu are more common with the onset of cold weather because people come into closer contact with one another that time of year (particularly children entering school).
I do think that overall, regular exercise improves your immune system. But I also think that your immune system is somewhat compromised during and immediately after the activity itself. Don't ask me for proof though ...
Another factor is that immune function gets lower as the amount of sunlight falls in the, er, Fall. Elderly people tend to have lousy immune systems year-round, but the rest of us (young at least at heart) get that same lowered response just as we enter the time of year when we spend more time indoors with other people.
OP, take care with this virus. If it is the adeno virus that has been common here, it killed some children back east earlier in the year. That's just plain weird (and tragic) for an adeno virus, which usually are subclinical infections. My wife got it and spent three weeks down, then hit rock bottom with a secondary bacterial pneumonia. She got better, we got a couple of tandem rides in, then it was my turn. I'm finishing week three and I'm still not fully recovered.