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Originally Posted by Cape1
This could very well be the most retarded thing someone could ask but I starting thinking about it. If it's possible for a needle/syringe to hold an STD like Aids/HIV, would it not be possible for a vial of gear to hold it as well?
If the person putting it together was infected and somehow managed to contaminate the vial, would that be a problem or would the virus not live under those conditions? I'm just not sufficiently schooled in matters = chemistry to know this.
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http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/qa/qa35.htm
(How well does HIV survive outside the body?)
HIV is very fragile, and many common substances, including hot water, soap, bleach and alcohol, will kill it.
Exposure to air inside the vial dries the fluid that contains the virus, and that will destroy or break up much of the virus very quickly.