Re: A question to think about......

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From: Michael Zarlenga
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 00:00

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Dan D. (dand@rmi.net) wrote:
: In co.general Michael Zarlenga <zarlenga@conan.ids.net> wrote:
: ->: All he needs is this much education: "This is your best protection against a
: ->: disease which absolutely will kill you if you get it. It also can prevent
: ->: pregnancy, and another mouth for you to feed."

: ->That's a baldfaced lie.

: ->A condom is NOT your best protection against AIDS.

: Change "your best" to "very good" and then how does it sit with you?

That depends on whether or not you consider a 10% failure rate 
to be "very good."  If you're on the receiving end of anal sex
with multiple, promiscuous make partners, a 10% failure rate is 
probably not something anyone would call "very good" protection.


: ->And, with a 10% failure rate for condoms, what's he to do when one
: ->breaks?

: Even with a 10% failure rate, we've reduced unwanted pregnancies and
: sexual transmission of HIV by an order of magnitude.
: That's pretty good.

Your math assumes everyone wears a condom everytime.  Otherwise
the reduction is not an order of magnitude.


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From: zarlenga@conan.ids.net (Michael Zarlenga)
Subject: Re: A question to think about......
Date: 1998/12/05
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