# How much danger in exposure to disease does seeing a doctor present?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 10, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-danger-in-exposure-to-disease-does-seeing-a-doctor-present/830890 "2019-03-10T13:43:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-danger-in-exposure-to-disease-does-seeing-a-doctor-present/830890/21 "2019-03-18T08:01:51Z")

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> [@bordelond](#):
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> For instance, someone posted about germy neckties. Presumably true – but how often does someone catch an infection via necktie? Patients aren’t going around licking neckties, or sniffing deeply into one, or anything like that. And even if a doctor leans in and brushes his necktie against one’s arm or even cheek … that’s not insta-infection – probably just incidental touching of germy things like that doesn’t commonly spread illness.

You can adjust your germ-filled necktie, and later touch your eyes, nose or mouth with your now germ-laden fingers.

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