The AIDS Epidemic - and the Communion Cup

Quoted in The Aids Epidemic by James I. Slaff, M.D. and John K. Brubaker(New York, N.Y.: Warner Books., Inc., 1985), p. 4.

Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy NEWSLETTER, Vol. XXI, December, 1985, p. 45.

Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy NEWSLETTER, Vol. XXI, December, 1985, pp. 45,46. Note 7 indicates that the response from the Centers for Disease Control came in the form of latter from Donald R. Hopkins, M.D., Assistant Surgeon General and acting director of the Center for Disease Control (Atlanta) to Rev. John A. Gurrieri, executive director of the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy, dated Sept. 4, 1985.

Reported in the Boston Globe, Feb. 21, 1986, p. 3.

The AIDS Epidemic, Cahill Kevin M. M.D. , ed. (New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1983), p. 10. As evidence that the same standards apply today, cf. Slaff-Brubaker, op. cit. (cf. note 1), pp.268, 269.

Slaff-Brubaker op. cit. (cf. note 1), p. 160.

Slaff-Brubaker op. cit. (cf. note 1), pp. 64, 65.

Marwick Charles “AIDS-associated virus yields data to intensifying scientific study,” in The Journal of the American Medical Association, Nov. 22./29, 1985, pp. 2865–2870. Cf. p. 2866.

Hirsch Martin S. M.D. and 10 colleagues, “Risk of Nosocomial Infection with Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus III (HTLV-III),” pp. 1–3.

Marwick loc. cit. (cf.note 8), pp. 2865–2866.

Hennessey N. , Patrick M. D. “AIDS - What the Family Physician Needs to Know,” which is sub-titled: “Highlights from the International Conference on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Held in Atlanta,” in Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, September, 1985, pp. 22-39. Cf. p.24.

Marwick loc, cit., p. 2866.

Hennessey loc. cit., (cf.note 11), p. 35.

Serwadda D. and 11 colleagues “Slim Disease: A New Disease in Uganda and Its Association With HTLV-III Infection,” in The Lancet, Oct. 19, 1985, pp. 849–852. Cf. p. 852.

Slaff-Brubaker op. cit., p. 5.

“Is Africa a Glimpse of Future AIDS?,” in The Boston Globe (Medical Research section), Dec, 2, 1985, pp. 45 and 47, Cf. 47, concluding paragraph.

Slaff-Brubaker op. cit., p. 28.

Peterman Thomas A. M.D. , and seven colleagues “Transfusion-Associated Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in the United States,” in The Journal of the American Medical Association, pp. 2913–2917. Cf. p. 2916.

Slaff-Brubaker op. cit., pp.72, 73. Cf. also Hennessey, loc. cit., p. 35.

Marwick loc. cit., p. 2867.

Slaff-Brubaker op. cit., pp.73, 74. Cf. also an editorial by Thomas C. Quinn, M.D. of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, entitled “Perspectives on the Future of AIDS,” in The Journal of the American Medical Association, Jan. 11, 1985, pp. 247, 248, for a realistic survey of the hopes and fears associated with the AIDS epidemic.

Issue of Nov. 2, 1985, p. 1018.

Hennessey loc. cit., pp. 34, 35.

Issue of June 21, 1985, pp. 3440, 3441. The author is George D. Lundberg, M.D.

Slaff-Brubaker op. cit., p. 259.

Marwick loc. cit., p. 2867.

Marwick loc. cit., p. 2868. Cf. p. 2866 for precautions with contact lenses, etc.

Marwick loc. cit., p. 2867.

Time, Oct. 22, 1984, p. 103. Report entitled: “AIDS: The Saliva Scare.”

Slaff-Brubaker op. cit.

Hennessey p. 25.

Slaff-Brubaker op. cit., pp. 68, 69.

Slaff-Brubaker op. cit., pp. 179, 180.

Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 2nd ed., edited by Mandell Gerald L. M.D. , Douglas R. Gordon Jr., M.D. , & Bennett John E. M.D. (New York, N.Y.: John Wiley and Sons, 1985), p. 1673.

Patazzini Pietro Msgr. in Dictionary of Moral Theology, Palazzini Msgr ed. (Westminster, Md.: The Newman Press, 1962), pp. 981–983.

Slaff-Brubaker op. cit., pp. 250 and 252.