sore throats, runny noses, those hacking coughs, hard enough to live with in the dead of winter. but when the world is sunny and 80 degrees outside, it is just plain miserable. and according to doctors, the summer virus tends to be nastier and as well, it lasts longer. here to help us understand the summer cold, dr. ian smith, member of the president s council on nutrition, sports and author of eat the effortless weight loss solution. dr. smith, it s haeshl to get these summer colds and they seem to be more severe for some reason. during the summer, people tend to be in areas where they re quite confined. traveling is a big issue. people tend to be around these viruses. almost let you know viruses can cause a cold. but the other issue is this, sometimes it s really not the cold. sometimes it could be hay fever, allergies to pollen. and so you have a combination of a real cold on top of someone