Greetings,

Recently I ordered a sushi bowl at a fast food restaurant and the employee proceeded to talk to me while preparing my food.  For the sake of argument, let’s assume that saliva droplets fell from their mouth into my food and I then ate the food without a drink, and that this employee has HSV-1.

While I don’t recall seeing any active oral lesions on the employee’s mouth, what would be my risk “with active oral lesions” and “without active oral lesions” from HSV-1 exposure in this scenario?

Thanks in advance!