Herpes or cold sores patients

Good morning fellow dental students, Im having serious questions about herpes labialis I hope you guys can enlighten me, sorry for the mistakes too much drinking Ive been really scared to catch herpes labialis lately, I tend to turn my face when patients or people I dont know talk to me because Im afraid they spit while talking My twin contracted it from drinking from someone elses drink (he remembered later that the person had episodes in the past) So I know there is CLEARLY a chance to contract herpes from someone who doesnt have active cold sores I would like to know more infos about the matter, what are the odds of contracting the virus from someone spitting while talking is it safer to have blistex on lips all the time or could the virus get glued And as dentists how do you guys deal with this issue
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