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HIV from blood on a toilet seat?
I know everyone says you can't get HIV from a toilet seat but if there was blood on the seat then surely there is a possibilty. My friend is coming to stay at my house but she is stopping to visit her son on the way and she is taking him out for something to eat, he lives in quite a nasty area and I know she will use the toilet while she is out. What if she sits on blood on the seat? or puts her handbag on blood on the floor in the cubicle? I have walked into a toilet cubicle before where there were spots of wet blood on the floor. I am now concerned that she is then coming to my house and will be using my toilet and bathroom.
You've been here long enough and have posted enough to know how HIV is and is not transmitted.
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