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Fingernail for breakfast?

This morning while eating cereal, I bit down on something, not cereal. I removed what appears to be a human nail from what I was chewing. Any dangers of this transmitting anything virus or otherwise?

Male | 49 years old

1 Answer

Very low risk of any transmission due to such a small inoculum from this fomite, and also your stomach acid destroys most if not all pathogens ingested.