Someone a few pages back was basing their argument off incorrect information. I am reposting the subs on that scene to clear it up.
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Luca: Sheryl. Ten years ago, you were infected with the Type-V disease, and since then, you've lived as a carrier. Correct?
Sheryl: Seems that way.
Luca: Type-V Disease is caused by a bacteria... We've recently discovered that it's present in Vajra bodily fluids, but infections lead to development of symptoms. It's a blood and bodily fluid infection so the infection rate is low. If it's caught early, it can be cured with a serum produced from the Vajra. However, if that period passes, the bacteria takes root in the brain and begins to produce a toxin. Once that happens, there's nothing that can be done.
Sheryl: Is it fun? Explaining "you're going to die" with big, complicated words.
Luca: But once that point is reached, a new possibility opens up. Your voice now produces faint fold waves.
Leon: Yes. The same as that traitor, Ranka Lee.
Luca: It's not as strong as Ranka's, but perhaps that earring... That earring, made of fold quartz, may be amplifying it.
Sheryl: Then, Ranka, too, was...?
Luca: No. The source of her power is still unknown. But you can do the same thing. That's unmistakable.
Leon: So, will you sing? For the sake of humanity.
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Ranka's power source is unknown and they discovered no V-Type virus in her blood.
The V-type virus is a bacteria and this sentence suggests that it can only be transmitted through exchange of bodily fluids or blood. "It's a blood and bodily fluid infection so the infection rate is low." Hence in that sense it's very much like HIV. You can not get infected by simple contact. Hence Alto can kiss Sheryl without getting the disease unless there is a blood intermingling of some sort be it through a cold sore or something similar. Unprotected sex would be a sure fire way of contracting the disease as plenty of bodily fluids are exchanged during the act.
However just like, for example tuberculosis, if caught early there are medical cures for the disease. This cure is manufactured from the blood of the Vajra. An odd sort of flu shot. I wonder what would happen if the population of immunized against the V-Type virus as they are with Flu shots today. Though saying it's a bacteria and then calling it a virus seems to contradict each other as both are different in nature. Now a virus can lead to a bacteria infection due to a low immune system. Just odd the way they say it works.
As for the earring boosting the faint power of Sheryl's singing. If they gave her more crystals and perhaps made a chamber filled with them for her to sing in, would that amplify her singing by hundreds or thousands?