I certainly think you'd be fine meeting him at a restaurant and having no contact.
My family lives with me and they don't even believe it exists (when I had the bites or rash all over my husband would say "you have a skin condition". None of them claim to feel any biting, crawling, or itching. IMy bites/rash and sensations took off after staying in a hotel alone while my body was unbelievably physically stressed, so I think there is something to the theory about one's immunity being down and making you susceptible. However, when we were all treated with ivermectin last year, my husband and son both got a temporary rash (red dots in a circle) and my husband's towel as well as mine suddenly had thousands of black dots all over it and had to be discarded. But as I said, they claim no symptoms.
We also had alot of environmental stuff noticeable like dropping ceilings, gray fuzz and black streaks on fabrics, and many other things. DampRid helps but doesn't totally cure the slow process of clothes getting ruined and also, I'm scared because just recently I'm noticing a few creepy things I hadn't seen since last spring. (Like this dried-peanut-butter-looking stuff I used to find on fabrics sometimes, today was on my sweater.)
I have heard of young men getting this so it's not out of the question. Maybe you should play it safe, no hugs, etc, until you hopefully recover. 'Cause you wouldn't forgive yourelf if he came down with it.
Good luck.

I don't think its contagious at all . I think it's something in the environment and some people get severe allergies to it which irritates skin and allows them to thrive .
I've suffered for over a year and my husband doesn't have it and thinks I'm a little wacky .
Here's what I've learned
It lived on the scalp and burrows in skin
Black heads are them
It's a bug
It releases allergens
It doesn't like garlic so eat it fresh and raw , minced or chewed
Borax works well in laundry. Don't put it on your skin
Careful not to use anything harsh on skin so you can maintain as much skin immunity as possible


That's all I got for now. I'm hoping the garlic helps . I read it has to be fresh minced or chewed

If it's contagious, why are there so many families in which only one family member has the disease?

All do respect but I do not believe this is bacterial . I believe it a fly like bug normally kept in check but allowed to thrive in compromised situations for person.go into any dark place where humans dwell, shine a flashlight and you will see very tiny white things flying around My scalp was damaged by lice treatment followed by hair coloring. The scalp immunity was screwed up and then I continued to make it worse with borax because people on the internet said borax gets rid of it. What I want realizing is it also kills normal skin flora which is part if immunity . Think back at when this started and what changed things for you . I am now trying to bring balance back with probiotics , garlic and antioxidants.

Palomine, you asked for an opinion and I gave my best opinion. But none of us really know the cause nor anything else for sure. In my case, I had had a few bite-type things around my waist area for years, which occasionally would have a sharp biting sensation. They never really went away, and no doctor ever showed the slightest interest in them. When my body was severely physically stressed and I had also been extremely anxious, I stayed in a hotel and woke up the next morning with a couple of rows of tiny open areas on my hip, which look like scratches from afar, but were not. I only noticed them because they itched. Within the next few weeks, my body gradually got itchy bites all over. (I still don't know if I had scabies (which I eventually sought treatment for) and Morgellons, or only Morgellons.) I eventually felt both crawling and biting sensations as well as itching and things coming off of me. I had been on long-term antibiotics; that and the severe physical stress and anxiety, were what set me apart from my family. I wonder if most ppl have this but either not as much or due to immunity differences, theirs does not come out of them. I can sometimes feel biting sensations when handling their dirty laundry, so I think they do have something infectious in them, it just hasn't fully manifested itself yet. (Hopefully never will.) But as I said, we just don't know for sure. Why not err on the side of caution? If he insists on hugging you, though, well, as long as he's informed, I guess that's his choice.

Try the garlic. I really think I'm on to something here.it has to be fresh and it has to be chewed. 3-4 coves a day at first . Chew fresh parsley to help the smell. These blood sucker do not like garlic!

Oh it's contagious. My office mate gave hers to me then quit. Then I got so sick I was harassed into quitting. No benefits no sick leave. Stupid me. I suspect that my mom has it as well. We both worked in healthcare and I know someone said that this might be a trend for those with science careers, but I think healthcare as well. The CDC and other Healthcare Agencies (Hello Canada ????) need to set parameters of how contagious this is for the safety of the pubic. How many people wipe down shopping carts and other daily possible exposure risks? I know how you feel not knowing what to do for a job now that I am scared I might be infectious. I need to pay bills.

Fortunately "illness" Morgellons is not contagious. Moreover, it is curable. see photos in link:
http://iso.ro/Morgellons/MorgellonsPhoto.aspx

I do not believe Morgellons is highly contagious. I have had it "officially" for ten years. That is to say the skin break outs. No one I have come in contact with has developed them. My husband, however did get one "splotch" after I got mad at him and scratched him. I of course had been scratching and picking and probably introduced a "hair root" into his skin. The sore healed pretty quickly for him and had produced at least one visable white "seed".

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See your son, for sure. Give him big hugs. If you are really concerned, keep him out of your car since it is certainly chocked full of fibers. I wouldn't be too concerned about him manifesting symptoms unless he has the risk factors that I feel define us as hosts- lyme, parasites, stimulant use history, solvent exposures, pesticide exposures, and bad diet.

Yes it is contagious my husband has it too. My dog is sick. On this forum a lady suggested 20 volume cream peroxide from Sallys Beauty supply IT WORKS. I do it with every shower but less time as time goes by. Please get the word out. The lady should get the Nobel Peace Prize! At first 10 minutes everywhere, hair too, private parts use common sense. Peace, Madonna Thomson. P.S. It will sting a little but nothing like the pain of Morgellons!