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Dropped phone in sewer water had to reach in and grab if, disease risk? really worried something got in my hands
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Unlikely : just wipe your phone with antiseptics and wash hands throughly
Answered 11/2/2014
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Low risk, but...: Be sure and be immunized for Hepatitis A, this is a small but definite risk from this exposure.
Answered 11/1/2014
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