[Polycarp IV]

Dear Colleague,

The drumbeat for condoms continues as does the evidence mount that they are not the silver bullet for the HIV/AIDs pandemic. We report today on evidence presented in Washington DC a few days ago by a researchers from Harvard and the University of California - San Francisco. It is vital that this information be distributed all over Africa.

Spread the word.

Yours sincerely,

Austin Ruse President

[Polycarp IV]

Your continuing catechesis served up fresh just for you;-)

[Eva]

I had a patient, back in the mid eighties who was an epidemiologist who had been brought to LA to study the AID virus. He told me that condums and rubber gloves would not prevent AIDS because the virus is small enough to pass through microscopic openings in latex. He was advising me to double glove because he said that it was unlikely that the virus would get through both pairs of gloves, but not impossible. He also said that the gov't knew this and a lot more, that they weren't telling the public because they needed to get control of the hysteria surrounding the disease (probably the anti-Gay hysteria, but I didn't ask).

[glorgau]

Executive Summary:

Sluts are more likely to die early.

[Polycarp IV]

Catholic Caucus Poll:

What about the circumstance, discussed on the other thread, of the woman, whose spouse is HIV positive and insists on performing the marital act? Is the woman forbidden from protecting her life by insisting that he use a condom?

Depends on whether its "moral" to recommend Russian roulette in such a case:

condoms are not 100% effective, even when used properly. According to Hearst, "the most recent Met-analysis came up with 80%. But even if it is 90%, over time it's the question of when, not if.

What so you, Catholic Caucus? Would a Pope/Cardinal/Bishop/Priest/"Deacon" be justified in recommending condom use to a woman whose spouse is HIV positive (considering a one in five failure rate)?

[neverdem]

IIRC, for those unaware what the letters of ABC mean:

A = Abstinence from sexual relations until marriage
B = Be faithful to your spouse
C = Condom usage if you're unable to abide by A or B

[IronJack]

"20 years into the pandemic there is no evidence that more condoms leads to less AIDS,"

So, in typical liberal fashion, the Left will insist that we spend another 20 years giving out even MORE condoms, then condemn the Right for not doing enough to eliminate AIDS.