• anarcho_blinkenist@lemmy.ml
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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

      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.

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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

        Just in case you’re serious or if someone else didn’t know. Wood does not kill bacteria.

        Wood is used in cutting boards because it was an available material that was shapeable, cleanable, and didn’t destroy the knife edge.

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          My comment literally says “wood kills bacteria”. The person worrying about getting AIDS form a bench is an idiot or joking, I was merely bringing up the fact that wood kills bacteria, which a lot of some people apparently didn’t know.

          Edit: unless someone with herpes used it seconds before someone without it, it’s probably fine. I can’t conceive how someone would get AIDS by sharing a pipe, bench or otherwise.