Quote Originally Posted by DZEC View Post
Hence the need to sanitize razors when sending them to someone else. The tuberculosis virus is particularly nasty and persistent unless the blade is thoroughly sterilized. That’s why barbicide was developed and why today’s barbers use shavettes with disposable blades.
From the center for disease control: "You can only get infected by breathing in TB germs that a person coughs into the air. You cannot get TB from someone’s clothes, drinking glass, eating utensils, handshake, toilet, or other surfaces where a TB patient has been." No mention of straight razors.