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If you sit on a toilet seat right after someone with genital herpes used it, can you catch it that way?
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It's possible but ..: it is possible but not likely to contract herpes from a toilet seat. The virus drys out in minutes so unless you sit down immediately afterwards, you should be fine. For those heavily used toilets, you can put down the seat covers they usually offer on the side of the stall.
Answered 12/16/2014
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