Biology in Action

Another article on viruses can be found here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23435961

Flu season is more than likely known to be in the end of fall and throught the winter months. I do believe that the weather change plays a major role in why flu season occurs. Our body becomes addapted to feeling warm and then their is a drastic freezing temperature. An explanation of why this happens in more tropical climates is because although there temperature never severely changes they too get minor temperature decresions and incresions. As stated above these changes causes our immune system to work differently causing our health to be in danger, this occurs because there is a new temperature that our bodies need to readapt to.

Like we have learned in class, bacteria likes to grow in dark, warm, moist areas which would explain why the flu would still be a problem in warm areas of the world such as L.A. Because it is warm in these areas, the flu is passed around much easier because the bacteria grows more and is passed around easily.