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How likely is hsv 1 to spread via multiple contacts. for instance, if a person touches their cold sore and then an object and i then touch the object?
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"Objectively", no: Transmitting HSV or any STD for that matter is virtually impossible to do if an inanimate object is the intermediary. It takes one warm, moist place contacting another.
Answered 7/23/2015
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