From The Daily Beast-Nothing is sacred to thy neighbor’s germs, but millions take part in the cup-sharing religious rite. Why passing on the sacrament may be forgivable during cold and flu season.
Christmas is second only to Easter as the holiday most likely to attract churchgoers. In the coming weeks, more people than usual will be filing into churches big and small, and many of those parishioners will be taking Communion.
The overlap of the religious rite with cold and flu season raises an uncomfortable question: Is receiving Communion sanitary?
Many Communion practices fly in the face of the day-to-day precautions most educated adults ordinarily take to prevent illness. A recent New Yorker article chronicled how hand sanitizer has become one of the fastest growing industries in America, thanks to increased awareness and concern about the spread of germs.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/13/can-you-catch-a-cold-at-communion.html
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