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Everyone knows that heat is an effective method of treating colds and the flu but their is an actual science behind it. According to infraredsauna.com "What are Heat Shock Proteins? Health Benefits and More" 'When outside thermal heat is applied to the human body it creates Heat Shock Proteins. In the body these proteins act as chaperons by restabilizing, reorganizing and rejuvenating intercellular order. They may prevent disease causing mutations, repair damage and misfolded proteins and also help release more natural growth hormones. Infared sauna as well as a hot bath and exercise are some of the type of therapies used for Heat Shock Proteins. these proteins can kill viruses so taking a hot bath for an hour should help treat a cold and maybe the very beginning phase of a COVID infection. It's a much more cost effective way of treating a cold than over the counter medicine if you don't sitting in a hot tube for a hour. But these types of easy solutions are something that the government does not talk about or promote. This could be an easy way to get more people tested for the coronavirus if they know that all you have to do in the very beginning stages is to get in a hot bath or infrared sauna. But it probably will not help if the virus has advanced into the lungs.