[per loin]

The flu season in hong kong is a bit of an oddity. It has dual peaks, one in March, the other in July/August. Here, the flu peaks during the colder months.

[_Jim]

I've had some of my most devastating strep throats and even a case of pneumonia - in summer!

I think that the winter aspect is a bit over-blown; it's not entirely without basis, but, contagion has obvious advantages in a warmer, moister climate than a dry, cold one. The winter and even summer 'factors' also differ from say, Michigan to Texas given that winter in Texas doesn't compare to that experienced in The Winter Water Wonderland state ...

[TaxRelief]

If winter(!) is the big issue conducive to the next SARS
outbreak, why isn't SARS all over the southern
hemisphere, now?