Can you get HIV this way?? Sooo worried for some reason

[wingo22]

Hi all,

So I was feeling a lot better this week and decided to go out for a night. While I was out I ordered a sandwich at a deli. The deli makes the sandwiches right in front of you. For some reason as this person was making my sandwich, I thought to myself, what if he is HIV positive and had a small bleeding cut on his finger or something. Now hypothetically lets say the person who made my sandwich is HIV positive. Can HIV be spread this way if I ate the sandwich like 2 minutes after he prepared it for me if there was a bit of blood on it or something!?!? There is no cooking or anything involved, he just makes the sandwich and hands it to you.


It may be a silly question, but I am freaking out about this for some reason. Like big time!!

[ShaunRyder]

Hello,

This is from the CDC website about HIV/AIDS,

'' You can’t get HIV from consuming food handled by an HIV-infected person. Even if the food contained small amounts of HIV-infected blood or semen, exposure to the air, heat from cooking, and stomach acid would destroy the virus.''

I hope this helps.

[Becazican]

hiv dies when it hits the air in about 20 seconds , you have no problem