AIDS/razor

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why through an razor of an infected person AIDS is not transmitted but through an infected syringe it is.

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If there is dried blood on the razor you have a slim chance of catching it.  The virus eventually dies without a host and depending on how big the blood is then that determins how long it takes until it dies.  Considering it is a razor probably no longer than 5 minutes if that.

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Codie Sprinkle

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I can answer pretty much anything in the STD department, even if it isnt about HIV/AIDs. I have experience with HPV and I am attending school now for my licenses to teach in Cell and Molecular Biology. If you want to know more about me you can catch me here most of the time: http://beautifullush.moonfruit.com/ or Sprinkles11689@hotmail.com I am usually on the webpage a lot and signed in on my msn a lot.

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I am attending school for my licenses to teach in Cell and Molecular divison, this is a recent change in my career I was going to school for surgical technology. We have to know all about STDS and other diseases. My personal experience is I have HPV. It is not AIDS or HIV but it is a STD that can cause cancer. I had to deal with the stages of feeling dirty and unworthy and scared. I think that I can help people get past this and further their knowledge of HIV and AIDS.

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