I once had an oral herpes outbreak that I believe I acquired from the communion cup. Thank God I only had the one outbreak but I did not take the wine for years and remain reluctant.
Now I am telling my family to take the Host only.
in other sacramental churches that believe in the “real presence,” people have the option of dipping the bread in the wine rather than placing their lips on the cup.
Of interest, in over 2000 years there has never been a recorded instance of spreading a communicable disease from the cup, in spite of many studies by critics over the years.