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MarciaSorry; but, I believe that your case scenario is a little too out there!! The whole set of circumstances might have possibly happened in one case and thus there is no percentile. Nor is there anyway to actually figure that out in the 20 - 30 yrs it takes for the virus to cause someone discomfort.I believe that we also have a duty not to put the scare of gawd out there. Enough of that has already happened with this virus. There are even folks on this site that could go too far with worrying about such a set of circumstances.The fact remains, how we were infected just does not matter one iota!!!! When the rubber meets the road, the only thing that matters is fighting the

virus.Gloria

Donna, heres a little case scenario for you. The

UPS Guy who has hep c delivers a package. There

is a protruding extra large staple on the side in

which he punctures a deep cut on his had that

starts bleeding profusely. The virus will stay

alive for at least 4 days(info varies on this

from days to months). If one were to puncture

themselves on that same protruding extra large

staple, they to could get the virus. From what I

understand it must be a puncture. Cuts have a

tendency to bleed outward, so if infected blood

simply touches someone one, it is highly unlikely the virus will be spread.

At 08:34 AM 12/5/2010, you wrote:

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>

>Hi

>I'm live 50 miles outside boston and my doc told

>me it would have been next to impossible to get

>it from sex especially since my husband doesn't

>have it. Blood transfusion, iv drug use or tatto

>is the common way she told me you typically get it. Is that true?

>Thanks,

>Donna

>

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>From: Theresa Gottlieb <theresagottlieb@...>

>Sender:

>Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 10:27:50 -0600

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>Subject: Re: [ ] Cheryl your Wonderful!!! - Sharon

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>

>This is yet another one of those cases that we

>heard about in Boston... I didn't realize it

>was so damn prevalent. Doctors giving out

>mis-information about Hep C because they don't

>know any better. LORD HELP US ALL. It was bad

>enough when that quack Dr. Oz told the world on

>national tv that Hep C was a sexually

>transmitted disease and NEVER recanted his

>statement.. even when thousands of people wrote

>into his show and flooded his website with comments.

>

>Sharon,

>Your son needs to know that he didn't pass this

>on sexually to anyone. He has enough to deal

>with right now, he doesn't need to deal with

>half truths that a doctor that doesn't know it

>all told him. This is NOT a sexually

>transmitted disease. Not at all. Granted, it

>COULD happen but not with normal sexual

>practices. It just doesn't happen that way...

>

>Now I know someone is going to want to jump on

>this and get on that bandwagon with Dr. Oz. Do

>me a favor, don't. It is NOT a sexually

>transmitted disease, nor is it as Dr. Oz called

>it an "STD". This is just not a way that the virus is spread.

>

>Hugs,

>Teri

>

>On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Gloria

><<mailto:gadamscan@...>gadamscan@...> wrote:

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>

>Sharon

>

>The odds that your son could pass this virus on

>via sex is so extremely low as to be almost

>non-existent. I hate it when the Drs. don't

>tell the whole truth!! I had HepC without

>knowing it, for my whole marriage. My husband does not have HepC.

>

>Lots of folks are still trying to hide their

>infection from family, friends and/or

>co-workers. We are so very hopeful, that what

>Steve and Teri are already involved in and

>hopefully I will be on the Canadian side, will

>begin to educate everyone on what HepC is and

>isn't!! I have never accepted the

>stigmatization around it. No one and I mean

>absolutely no one, should be embarrassed to have

>this disease!! It is definitely counter productive!!

>

>For heaven's sake, your son didn't do anything

>whatsoever to get this virus did he?? So, he

>got it just because he was born. Why should he

>be the least ashamed to tell anyone? We need to

>all band together and stop this stigmatization once and for all.

>

>Please, please - tell him from me, that he has

>absolutely no reason to hide

>anything. Absolutely nothing. Just look at how

>many babies have been born addicted because of

>their mothers. Now that is almost criminal! I

>have a granddaughter (adopted) that was actually

>born addicted, alcoholic and any other thing you

>can think of. She will have to live her entire

>life battling all the awful affects it has had

>on her. However, your son was passed a virus

>that he can get rid of or it may never get to a

>point of worrying about. He should hold his

>head high and never, ever be ashamed of anything.

>

>Gloria

>

>

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