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Re:London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says l... by adadtttt on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:25PM (#25664203)
Heart disease isn't contagious
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Re:London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says l... by mike00632 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @12:32AM (#25697583)
It's a felony in most states to transmit HIV.
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Re:London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says l... by GlennS on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:52PM (#25664545)
People have been successfully prosecuted for knowingly spreading HIV.
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Re:London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says l... by jachee on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:52PM (#25664544)
HIV isn't spread via aerosol transmission.

If it's were, it absolutely would require isolation upon infection.

Edit: downvoting me doesn't make me wrong.

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Re:London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says l... by 0-_-0 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:45PM (#25664455)
We do tell them not to have unprotected sex, right?
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Re:London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says l... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:49PM (#25664502)
And provide avenues for testing, and educate people to instill a culture in which people engaging in frequent sexual activity get routinely tested, and that's expected by their would-be partners.
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Re:London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says l... by LandR on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:49PM (#25665532)
We do ask them to put a "mask" on their penis if they are having sex though, and most do. Yet still there are people that can't put a mask on their face.

Incredible.

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Re:London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says l... by nradov on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:34PM (#25664318)
Some cases of heart disease are caused by contagious viral or bacterial infections, such as influenza.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533457/

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