Posted on 02/14/2020 3:54:19 AM PST by rdl6989
Worshippers should be extra mindful of their personal hygiene to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus, the Church of England has warned.
The church has advised its congregations around the country to follow 'best-hygiene practices' at all services.
Dr Brendan McCarthy, the church's health adviser, did not give any drastic new rules but used the coronavirus outbreak as a serious reminder to be hygienic.
He said people with 'coughs and sneezes' should not drink wine from the 'Common Cup', should not dip bread into it, and should not shake others' hands during 'The Peace'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Daily Mail should come up with shorter titles.
Ping.
If you’re sick....stay home. Period.
I'm not saying coronavirus isn't a cause for concern or being alert, but someone at the Daily Mail doesn't go to church often.
I could go with this all year 'round. We know receiving in either "kind" , we receive the whole living Christ: Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. Glory and praise to Him.
As for the handshake: that just serves as a distraction, esp.at the school Mass, in my experience.
Don’t drink any communist wine either.
Quite frankly, its good being retired since we can avoid all public places until this mess is over with.
Intinction would seem to a reasonable practice, provided that nobody actually sneezes or coughs into the chalice. I’ve never seen anything very convincing that this is a common way for pathogens to spread anyway. Sick people staying home is the most effective protection.
The key sentence in the article is this one-
Dr Brendan McCarthy, the church's health adviser, did not give any drastic new rules but used the coronavirus outbreak as a serious reminder to be hygienic.
So there it is...the Church of England decides to take the annual influenza-induced reminder to be hygienic at church, and sensationalize the situation.
So we have this warning, while another consensual practice is the cause of HIV transmission btwn men in over 80% of cases, and at significant cost to taxpayers for treatment and or prevention , yet it is promoted, and those who oppose (which should be the overwhelming majority) and warn of are accused of being driven by an irrational fear.
I’d hope this would be the case on a daily basis!
This really isn’t new. I think we do it every year for a few months.
As I’ve gotten older, I am a little more aware about what I touch now anyway.
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Problem is, you can be contagious without having symptoms. Thats what disturbs me about it.
Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the Bring Out Your Dead ping list (formerly the Ebola ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the Bring Out Your Dead threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
AMEN!
I thought the Church of England didnt have any congregants left and was shutting down. JK. Maybe.
Sounds like regular good common sense during cold & flu season.
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