The Condom FilesLast March 19, 2009, the National Review Online reported in its publication the results of the work of Edward C. Green, director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. In his recent study he announced, “We have found no consistent associations between condom use and lower HIV-infection rates, which, 25 years into the pandemic, we should be seeing if this intervention was working.â€
We should not be surprised at this. In scientific circles, it is openly admitted that condoms are in fact not 100 percent safe. On an average, it is said that there is a 10 to 15 percent inefficacy, since the AIDS viruses are much more ‘filtrating’ (i.e., able to pass through) than the sperm. Google “condom voids†and you will discover that the male sperm is small enough to easily pass through the pores or natural voids of the rubber latex, thus the 10 to 15 percent failure rate as a contraceptive. Condoms have natural microscopic holes, which measure 5 microns (.0002 inch) while the HIV virus measures 0.1 micron (4 millionth of an inch). It’s a no-brainer. Prescribing condoms as a protection for HIV and AIDS is a virtual Russian roulette. Sooner or later, you will have it. It’s only a matter of time. Therefore, even at a “technical†level of efficacy, one should question the scientific seriousness and the onsequent professional seriousness of the condom campaign.
Speaking to the National Review Online, Mr. Green added, “The pope is correct, or put it a better way, the best evidence we have supports the
pope’s comments. (T)here is… a consistent association shown by our
best studies, including the U.S.-funded Demographic Health Surveys,’ between
greater availability and use of condoms and higher (not lower) HIV-infection
rates.â€
Green added, “I also noticed that the pope said ‘monogamy’ was the best
single answer to African AIDS, rather than ‘abstinence.’ The best and latest
empirical evidence indeed shows that reduction in multiple and concurrent
sexual partners is the most important single behavior change associated with
reduction in HIV-infection rates.â€
By Fr. Joel O. Jason
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