The fear of HIV is not surprising. While there have been many breakthroughs in the creation of medications that prevent the virus from inflicting severe damage to the immune system, there is still a pressing need for accurate information about the virus and the myths around it.
In keeping with a report on WebMD, we’ll examine the risk of contracting HIV through the shared use of razors and other sharp objects, as well as how long the virus can survive outside the body. When I was younger, I remember hearing that if you shared your razor with someone you didn’t know, you could catch the AIDS virus. While this isn’t true, it’s still prudent to avoid sharing your razor with strangers.
If HIV were to be taken out of a human body, how long would it be viable?
The virus is most dangerous while it is inside the host, say the researchers. Transfer occurs most frequently through bodily fluids like blood, vaginal fluid, and seminal discharges, but the virus is weak outside the body. The virus’s efficacy and capacity to infect a human being drops by 90–95 percent the moment it comes into touch with the outside world.
Due of this, even though clippers are still a sharp tool, the virus is rarely spread at barbershops or when people use public clippers. The risk of getting a virus from exchanging razor blades is extremely small.
The likelihood of an uninfected individual contracting the virus through sharing a razor blade with an infected person is low, even if the uninfected person is harmed by the blade. The virus may have been rendered harmless before the uninfected individual used the knife because of the high probability of its having been used.
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