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Is there a risk of HCV

So I was eating breakfast and my friend that has HCV was across from me and there lip was bleeding. They were cleaning it with a napkin and talking in my direction. Is it possible that while she was talking her spit flew onto my food and had blood on it. And subsequently infected me with HCV.
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3149845 tn?1506627771
not at all
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3149845 tn?1506627771
In amost all case hep c is contracted from sharing IV needles not from what your describing.What your describing is not how its spread.
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But it is a viable source of transmission?
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