Colds are more frequent in cold weather due to increased proximity and transmissibility. Bundling up better when outdoors won’t protect you against a cold.
oh I forgot the old wives tale was literally direct exposure rather than the season
Yup! I really think my cat understands words. But he might be picking up on body language, or randomly iterating through a short list of behaviours until he gets a response. Human nature, closely studied, is unintuitive. I have to assume feline nature might be too.