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NO ARS Symptoms or Just ignoring ?

My question.
Will people experience any ARS symptoms?  I read that people will get near to death symptoms and NO symptoms. Kind of Confused , do people get these so mildly that they just ignore it? or they just don't get anything?

Reason why I am asking
The place where I am doing my job is kind of risky. Due to security concerns I have to share my guest house.  My colleagues are having at least one sexual encounter per week. They say they are doing it safely. I am taking best care of myself. I want to be more cautious for next 9 months of my job here.
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" I am taking best care of myself. " I presume you are not having any of the 3 risks for hiv that I listed, and are just worried because you are sharing a house with people that might have hiv. Correct?
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Thanks for your reply,  Yes I have to share this guest house for next 9 months. I read after 2-4 weeks of exposure the virus concentration is very high. If i see any ARS symptoms, I will move to another guest house to have more peace of mind .
That why I am very concerned , if I don't see any symptoms then I have no clue. But of course I will never involve in any of the 3 you mentioned above.
You must be very anxious, because you haven't understood any of the advice.
Reread about the 3 and "theory".
I see your second response saying you didn't do any of the 3. Therefore, since there are only 3 risks and you didn't do any, you can't have hiv. Your fear of an infectious house is just your science fiction theory, and it is unrealistic for you to think that can become reality. Move on and stop fearing that your house can give you hiv.
Thank you for your response
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This answers all of your HIV questions, and if you can think of any more just reread about the 3. You had zero risk therefore  testing is irrelevant to your situation because you had zero risk. HIV is a fragile virus, which is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.  
Only 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal with a penis
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex with a penis
3. sharing needles that you inject with.
The only way to get HIV is if you did one of the 3. The situation you describe is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. This HIV science is 40 years old and very well established, so no detail that you can add to your encounter will change it from zero risk. Because of all the research statistics, doctors have calculated the risk from what you describe to be less than that of being hit by a meteor, therefore no one will get HIV from what you did in the next 40 years of your life either.
If you didn't have one of the 3 then you are just worrying about your own hiv theory - which is unrealistic for you to think that can become reality - so you should move on back to your happy life instead. And stop examining your body looking for ARS because you had no risk so there is no reason ARS can be present.
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