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Originally Posted by Sliver
So if she touched her cold sore, then touched the rim of my glass, then I drank from my glass, there is a 0% chance I'd get a cold sore?
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It's incredibly remote since it's very weak on hard surfaces. And the HSV-1 virus is substantially less transmittable upon a recurring outbreak, so unless it's her first cold sore, it's even less likely.
And according to MIT medical, while only 15-30% of people have visible issues (cold sores), and estimated 80% of people carry the HSV-1 virus, and it's technically transmittable if there's no visible outbreak. So by those numbers you should be worried about 80% of servers picking a piece of food out of their teeth and then touching your glass.
While not sharing drinks, utensils, towels with a person with a cold sore is certainly a precaution, it's method of transmission is direct contact.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
I guess people on Calgary Puck don't worry about such trivialities like contracting herpes at restaurants
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Yeah, either that or they understand how they can actually contract it.