>1. We like to think that by 24xx most of them have been cured.
>2. She has an alien biology, perhaps earth bugs can't cope at all.
>3. Who says she isn't playing safe?

Especially 3. At a guess, I would say that "don't give anyone a dreadful disease" falls pretty firmly under the "don't hurt anybody" rule. Thus, doing so would be not only a tremendous social faux pas, but also a high-order transgression against the spirits.

Translation: Don't worry about it.

--G.
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