this is the explanation for why the flu is seasonal:

1. Viral Stability in Cold, Dry Air:

Influenza viruses survive better and remain in the air longer when the air is cold and dry. Low absolute humidity (the total amount of water vapor in the air, which is lower in winter even when relative humidity is high) allows the tiny respiratory droplets that carry the virus to stay suspended for longer periods and travel farther.

2. Host Immune Response: Cold, dry winter air can also impair our innate immune defenses. The mucociliary clearance system, which is the layer of mucus and tiny hairs (cilia) in our respiratory tract that traps and clears out pathogens, works less efficiently in these conditions

3. Human Behavior: During colder months, people spend significantly more time indoors in closer proximity to one another. This increased crowding in homes, schools, and offices facilitates easier transmission of the virus through respiratory droplets and aerosols.

does this sound logically coherent to you?

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Seems coherent to me.

How much of a factor is the lower vitamin D production due to less sun exposure?

how does it travel in winter in places with high humidity like florida and texas?

where does it go in the summer?

Gets probably sterilized by uvc from the sun.

why does it not persist in low humidity cold climates during summer months such as northern canada?

why is it seasonal everywhere despite low humidity cold climates being present in some areas always that would create "non seasonal" events

why do we see flu season at the equator where there is really no seasonal climate variations?

These are some great questions. I did not know that the equator had a flu season

haha! it doesn't!! yet it still gets the flu randomly. so it begs the question what is causing it there if these qualities of "seasonal transmission" are absent all year long.

we attribute the flu to the seasonal events that make transmission more likely yet we see the flu like symptoms in places where there are not augmented transmission qualities.

perhaps as you suggest it is from something not related to seasonality and more to do with human deficiency