Oh I saw that thread. I also know I’m not welcome there.:-)
It’s interesting that the assumption in that thread was that communion was the concern. Regardless of which way communion is received, I think there is a much greater risk of contraction through the direct contact in shaking the bishop’s hand at the end of mass. I’m willing to bet that most if not all parishioners do this.
The article may not have said anyone contracted it, but again the assumption is made that he is exposing others “through communion”. I have to wonder whether it has ever been proven that anyone has ever gotten sick by receiving communion. I’ve always believed that if it’s truly the Body and Blood of Christ, what am I concerned about?
FWIW, I think it can be proved that it's happened at least once :)
Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.
Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.
But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.
-- 1 Corinthians 11:27-31