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If you touch somebody elses herpes sore with just your hand and then you wash your hands with soap and water, does it kill the herpes virus?
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It makes it MUCH less likely that the herpes will spread to you. As in much of medicine, nothing is absolute. Spread is less likely, not impossible
Answered 8/21/2021
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