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A member asked:
For how long does hiv virus survive when blood is exposed to air? like for how long it will survive on razor blade?
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There are few in any cases of anyone ever catching HIV through shared razors or other contact with blood in the environment. It's a theoretical risk that rarely if ever happens. Therefore, duration of HIV survival doesn't matter: however long it survives, nobody gets infected. Play it safe and never share razors without disinfection -- but that's mostly to prevent infections other than HIV.
Answered 4/10/2023
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