• CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Doesn’t wood kill bacteria? I’m pretty sure that’s why you’re supposed to use a wood cutting board for meat

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          2 months ago

          Considering exhaled smoke is just breath with also burnt plant material and byproduct, that’s not too surprising. It’s more like ‘cigarette and marijuana smoke makes visible the cone of particulates of general exhalation through which contagious respiratory illness is largely spread.’

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      2 months ago

      I sincerely doubt you could catch herpes or especially HIV from putting your mouth on this or smoking from it.

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      2 months ago

      that is not how HIV/AIDS is spread.

      You could potentially get herpes from it, but idk how long the virus lives on porous material like wood exposed to the elements. Covid for instance lasts 4 days on wood, but only 1 on cardboard. It lives much longer on, say, plastic, than on clothing.

      I’d be much more worried about toxic chemicals because outdoor furniture almost certainly uses treated wood. And if it’s pre-i-think-80s treated wood it’s even worse.