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To: Dr. Brian Kopp

I wonder is the condom is less effective.


4 posted on 06/14/2010 10:05:29 AM PDT by Grunthor (Getting married, T minus 12 days.)
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To: Grunthor

Condoms have a 10 to 15% failure rate in preventing pregnancy in real world usage. (And if it fails 10% of the time in preventing pregnancy, and a woman can only get pregnant approx 7 days a month, but can get AIDS 31 days a month, the failure rate of condoms in preventing AIDS is that much higher, which is why it is malfeasance at best to recommend condoms to prevent AIDS.)


10 posted on 06/14/2010 10:40:18 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: Grunthor
From WikiPedia:

The typical use pregnancy rate among condom users varies depending on the population being studied, ranging from 10–18% per year.

So I was wrong. Failure rates average 10–18%, not 10-15%.

13 posted on 06/14/2010 10:46:10 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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