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How long does HIV survive in air and vacuum packaging

Today, the entrance guard use infrared thermometer to measure my temperature, but the equipment torched my bleeding cut.
This thermometer touched another one just about ten seconds before.
Another situation is that there were blood like things in the vacuum food package and on the tableware in the canteen.
My tongue bled almost immediately when I opened package and ate,

If that is blood and the man is AIDS patient, are these situations dangerous?
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I'm just agreeing with everything CurfewX said.  This is not a risk for HIV as air inactivates the virus.  She listed the ways that people get HIV.  You were not at risk.  
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You CANNOT get HIV from surfaces like a thermometer or plastic packaging, no matter how many wounds you have, and no matter how much blood was on them.

You can only get HIV by:
1) having unprotected anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous drug needles with other people.

NOTHING else you can think of is a risk for HIV, including the situations you mentioned.
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