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Weird exposure

In advance thank you for any advice and the continued support. As in the title, bit of a weird exposure. We are on holiday at the family and went for a drink. I dont know the people here, but long story short, this one guy proposed this type of shot where you light the alcohol in the glass until it burns and then stick it on your body. It then creates a vacuum and sucks and sticks to your body. Because the rim of the glass is very hot it burns through the skin and leaves a nasty mark which will hopefully go away. As I recall, the guy used the same glass to do this to me (setting the alcohol which was poured from my glass to his on fire) immediately after himself. I later found out that this guy is HIV pos. So I am concerned that something might have stayed on the glass when he was ‘burned’ and could have then infected me when the same glass was used to ‘burn’ me after him. There was no visible blood and not sure if all infectious parts would have burnt away while heating the glass or not. How big of a risk is this and do I need testing? Thank you again!
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The only risks for HIV in adults are:
1) Having unprotected anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles with IV drug users.

The event you describe is not even a remotely plausible method of HIV transmission.
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Thank you very much, appreciate the answer!
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