For people who practice intinction (dipping the host into the wine):

[pnwmom]

There are a significant number of Catholics who -- for health reasons -- can't receive the host because it contains wheat and gluten. They can only receive Communion in one form -- the wine. If you contaminate the wine with your host, you prevent other Catholics from receiving Communion at all (or you damage the health of those who decide to take the risk and receive anyway).

I hope you will reconsider. If you're squeamish about drinking from the cup or worried about germs -- fine. You don't need the wine. Take Communion in a single form (the bread), just as people who can't eat wheat are limited to taking the wine.

Thank you for thinking about this.