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How long should i wait to have physical contact (holding hands, touching, kissing, etc.) with my boyfriend after he had the stomach virus 8 days ago (12/26/19)? also, should i still withhold from going to his house?
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Probably safe now: It's probably safe now to have personal contact with him and probably in the household -- unless others in his home also have been ill. If you were as close to him as many boy/girlfriends are in the days before he became ill, it's a good bet you already were exposed and were lucky and not infected; or were infected without symptoms -- so you may be immune to it. Good luck.
Answered 1/5/2020
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