I live in Florida and have had the flu in the middle of August, so this myth that a flu or virus cant survive the heat is BS.
I think flu’s spread in winter because people are cramped inside together more making it spread easier.
“I live in Florida and have had the flu in the middle of August, so this myth that a flu or virus cant survive the heat is BS.”
Influenza cases in the heat of summer are rare but are known to happen. But it is likely you caught it from a recent traveler from the southern hemisphere. With a location in Florida, that sounds particularly likely.
It can survive the heat and you can get it at any time, but its spread is much reduced in the summer or warmer, sunnier parts of the year. The virus only lives about two seconds in sunlight, for example, which certainly reduces the likelihood of spreading through contact.