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Does cold sore spread through used straw when the contaminated person took a sip from the straw and after a minute i took a sip from that straw?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

This is little or no risk. Herpes is transmitted almost entirely by direct skin-to-skin contact, not through contaminated objects.

Answered 9/27/2021

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