For what it's worth, I've remembered touching people after infection without any adverse effects, and I was living with Excella for a while then as well - we weren't intimate, to my knowledge, I didn't like her touching me, but she had been in close proximity to me for years without falling ill herself. She was also in a position to come in contact with things contaminated with my blood, and she seemed to be fine.

[So at least there's that.]

I wouldn't risk his life like that if I didn't believe that having him here would be safe, nor would I risk yours by asking you to be here now.