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Can i get herpes if i drink from the cup of someone with it?

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Not likely: Herpes, as most other viruses, does not survive very long on inanimate objects. Obviously if you are drinking from a vessel used by someone with active herpetic lesions immediately before you, it is conceivable that transmission might occur, but this would not be a common event.

Dr Villaplana agreed

Answered 12/1/2020

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