No; you can catch the virus during shedding as well.

Skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, at the location where the virus is active, during a time when they are shedding virus.

Skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, at the location where the virus is active, during a time when they are shedding virus.

Skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, at the location where the virus is active, during a time when they are shedding virus.

You can get herpes from touching an open sore from someone with the herpes virus.