In the ATM section in the "Is Venus Bugging Us?" thread someone is passing on a theory that influenza outbreaks coincide with the conjuctions. As I'm kind of being ignored there I'd thought I'd ask this here.

One: What the heck is a inferior conjuntion of Venus with Earth?

Two: Do they ever occur outside of the Autumn/Winter months?

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