 [ Symptoms ] can you take a cold or flu going out into cold weather with out a coat or protection  my husband refuses to wear a coat out in cold weather he will come in says he is freezing but will go back out without a coat i tell him he is gonna take a cold or the flu but he says no you wont take a cold or flu just from going out without a coat whats the truth [ Disease ] most helpful answer no colds and influenza are caused by viruses not temperature changes viruses enter the body through the nose eyes or mouth not through the skin you can run outside naked if you want and you will not be any more vulnerable to getting a cold or the flu it is okay if your grandmother or mother disagrees with this statement