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Can I get the AIDS virus in a barber shop?

What is the chances of being infected with HIV in a barber’s shop ????

and why

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If barber's shops were the possible source for HIV transmission, we would have been living with HIV infected people many times higher than the existing 40 million.
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Yeah im doing real good, I am going to get my 1 and final test done on October 30, that will give me like a 14 week result. Well see what happens
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it sounds like it in your post! You don't sound as paranoid!
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im doing good, therapy has been helping
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sunsarethebest is right. and suns you were the one worried about reaching in a trash can. How are you doing?
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Its not extremely rare, Its never happened period. No risk what so ever.
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The chances of being infected with HIV in a barber’s shop are extremely rare
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