Can you get HIV from eating fruit with an infected person's blood on it?

Answer 1

No way the virus spreads this way. The virus is not stable. It takes no time for losing its character. So virus might not infect the person who drinks the drink mixed with HIV virus. I think it takes very less time, but if the virus is not killed and is present in the drink then it dies within hours to days (4 to 10). So please see the manufacturing date. I think there will be no harm getting a virus this way.My reference material

The HIV virus is very fragile outside the body, but it can live from several minutes to several hours on the surface of objects in the environment, depending on the situation and environmental factors. The potency of the virus outside the body diminishes over time, but the virus must get directly into the bloodstream to infect anyone. Most household cleaners such as soap, bleach or peroxide will kill it. When cleaning any blood spills, use universal precautions.

HIV, unlike most viruses has to be within a host or culture at a temperature of 98.6 degrees give or take only a degree or two. Outside of the body, the virus dies within minutes without the temperature necessary for its survival. It, unlike many of its virus cousins, does not have the ability to go into a spore state and "shut down" until another viable host comes along. Its cell walls begin to deteriorate within minutes after leaving its host..... this is why it cannot be transmitted with a kiss or a hug, but only through sexual intercourse or shared IV use, usually associated with drug use where needles are passed from one person to another before the virus had a chance to expire..... it is a blood to blood pathogen.

HIV is fragile by nature and is also extremely sensitive to even small fluctuations in temperature and the presence of oxygen. Outside of strictly controlled laboratory conditions, HIV will only survive for a couple of minutes at the very most.

The one place that HIV has been shown to survive for extended periods of time (several days) is in syringes, which are airtight and frequently contain enough blood to prevent the HIV from drying out.

In the almost 25years that scientists have been studying HIV, there has not been a single known instance of HIV being transmitted trough casual contact in the environment.

Example #1:
As posted on Facebook,

Nov. 29, 2011:

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM DELHI POLICE.... 4 next NEXT FEW DAY DNT DRINK ANY PRODUCT FROM PEPSI, TROPICANA JUICE SLICE, 7UP, COCA COLA, ETC , AS A WORKER FROM D COMPANY HAS ADDED HIS BLOOD CONTAMINATED WIT AIDS. Watch ND TV. Plez

Forward dis mesge

to every 1 u care 4 plz

Example #2:
As posted on Facebook,

Nov. 29, 2011:

Fyi,

This is the news from delhi

Police..........
urgent and imp msgs

for all please fwd this to all of them for whom you care, Msg:

For next few days dont

drink any product from pepsi

company like pepsi.slice,Tropicana

juice,7 up etc as a worker from the companys

production dept has added his blood contiminated

with Aids (HIV +ve)

Watch Ndtv

for more news

Example #3:
As posted on Facebook,

July 23, 2011:

URGENT!!!!!! ALERT!!! Please DO NOT DRINK any PEPSI SODA, a worker from the company has put blood CONTAMINATED with AIDS inside the BOTTELS!!!

Please forward this!! No jokes NOT taking any chances.... Check the news

Example #4:
As posted on Facebook,

July 17, 2011:

News flash: A Pepsi worker put his HIV-infested

blood in the mixer. So, please DO NOT drink any pepsi

soda. Forward to everyone immediately!

Example #5:
As posted via Twitter, July 16, 2011:

I received a text saying please don't drink Pepsi a worker put his blood (HIV +) into some bottles. Be careful.

Answer 2

You can't get HIV from eating fruit handled by someone with HIV. HIV isn't transmitted by this sort of casual or household contact.

Answer 3

Yes