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A member asked:
Confused! i thought lice can't jump? person with lice sat in my passenger seat one time, we didn't hug/get close, i vacuumed. chances of getting it?
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Lice: Body lice can find their way onto fabric – but they crawl there. They don't jump and they don't fly.
Answered 10/31/2014
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