He said that low humidity increases the electrical potential of the air. On a dry day, when the atmosphere is highly charged, he observed that even laboratory instruments become charged more readily. It's only logical that human beings are also reacting. Yakutsk is one of the coldest communities of any size in the world. The winters are eight months long and temperatures are often as low as 70 degrees below zero.
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The people of Yakusk make less fuss about their climate than do outsiders. In fact many gave up along the way with hot temperatures. Three months later the test was repeated on the same animals under identical circumstances. If you have an active metabolism and a high energy level, you have a better chance of throwing off infection. As soon as outside temperatures rise to a point where losing heat becomes a problem, metabolic activity has to slow down.