Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 1 Location: pennsylvania
Kissing And Incubation Time to Transfer Germs - When Safe? Posted: 01-21-06 20:26pm
When one gets a cold or flu, how much time
should pass before you kiss another
person? A friend asked me.
Please send an answer to me!
Thank you!
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Wanna be Dr.
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Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Melbourne
Flu Posted: 01-26-06 08:38am
Just to let you know that being around the
person alone is transferring the virus
onto the other person, although kissing
increases the rate at which the germs are
passed over, I would say a standard 3 - 5
days, excluding the incubation time of the
virus, but then again you should consider,
that after the viral infection , bacterial
infections might take over.. So I would
say kissing is fine during the 4th or 5th
day of continuos medication and resting.
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