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Sharing sex toys and hiv spreading mechanism confusion
Hi! I just don't understand one thing: Why if hiv, as soon as it leaves the host's body starts to die and therefore is unable to infect, is a risk for lesbians who share sex toys? I mean it's like one girl pulled out the vibrator from her vagina and immediately the virus was exposed to air, light etc and is not at it's host anymore, it's not like if she put a syringe into her vagina, gave it to another girl and she injected the contents inside her. Could somebody please explain this aspect to me? Thank you
Of course, I understand that it comes in contact with infectious body fluids, but as far as I'm concerned as soon as hiv is exposed to air and pH and is not inside it's host (person) it starts to die and as soon as it starts to die it's unable to effect anyone, so that's where the confusion comes from
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As you were rightly told, sharing sex toys is a "low risk" but not "zero risk". Being very careful about our person hygiene, we never want to share our shaving razors, tooth brushes and dental floss, then why we settle to share such objects, coming in contact with infectious body fluids. Any object, penetrating in the body must not be used without sterilization.
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