SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB ) - If you’ve lived in Florida for more than six months, chances are you’ve already caught it— Cold Wimp Syndrome.

A highly contagious condition known as Cold Wimp Syndrome starts slowly with a little shiver, a sudden hoodie, or saying “woah— it’s cold” on a morning that is absolutely not that cold. Then one day it hits 70 degrees and your body acts like it’s January in Chicago.

Longtime Floridians love to say the same thing: “your blood thins.” It’s the classic Florida explanation, but the truth is your blood does not actually thin— that part is pure Florida folklore.

What does happen is something scientists call acclimatization. When you live in a warm climate long enough, your body basically retires its cold-weather superpowers. You stop doing things like tigh

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