questions about herpes transmissions

[clevernickname123]

So Ive had oral hsv 1 for about a year now and I don't exactly understand how it can be indirectly transmitted. I have been told "oh if you touch a cold sore no matter what you will spread it!" and "oh its no big deal its not gonna spread like that" so I just want to ask a few hypothetical questions. please answer them individually

1.) say I have a cold sore and it touches a wall or something and then lik 6 seconds later someone touches that wall and touched they're lip or something after touching it could that give infect them?

2.) say I spill a drink on my chin and rub my chin and cold sore on my shirt and then like 2-5 seconds later my little sister comes and touches the exact spot my cold sore touched and then touches her face could that spread to her that way?

3.)If someone touches my sold sore and then touches they're face could that spread it?

thank you for your time

[feelingundone]

1. Absolutely not. Hsv needs to penetrate a mucous membrane or be massaged into the skin. Indirect contact is not going to spread the virus. It's not a super contagious infection.

2. Nope

3. The odds of that are so incredibly small it doesn't warrant concern.

You will only pass it by kissing or oral sex. Don't share chapstick right after you use it when you have a cold sore either. This is the one product that can spread the virus.