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Those I can understand. It doesn't really take magical thinking, some viruses perform better at colder temperatures.

Things like magnetic bangles, crystals and other stuff does appear in the west. I can't say how prevalent. Anecdotally it wasn't common amongst western researchers I've known, at least not outwardly.

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Ah, I can point out some along those lines, too. Acupressure. Chiropractors. Horoscopes.

Less fringe, but also less magical: the notion that a wild animal will abandon their young if a human touches them. It doesn't really make a lot of sense, but only on a second thought.

If a human touchea a young wild animal, the human will abandon life soon; is that what you meant?

There's an entire trend of witchiness with the secular, where they disavow traditional western beliefs but subscribe to paganistic beliefs on spells, charms, and magic. This stuff isn't uncommon at all honestly

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