CONDOMS (Josh McDowell research 2005 and prior) “A NEW GENERATION OF PROBLEMS” "With 'typical use', 13.9 percent of condom-using couples become pregnant within the year (Fu et al 1999)." "Preventing a sexually transmitted infection is most often represented by the calculation of relative risk (RR). Relative risk is the probability that an individual using a condom would contract the disease compared to the probability he/she will contract that same disease when a condom is not used." "The risk to an HIV-negative male using a condom of contracting HIV from intercourse with an HIV-positive female is reduced to 1 in 100 (1%). Then the risk of infection while using a condom is about 10 percent of what it would be without a condom. Therefore, the relative risk of contracting HIV when condoms are used is 10 percent." (Joshua Mann, M.D., M.P.H., Joe S. McIllhaney, Jr., M.D. and Curtis C. Stine, M.D., "A New Generation of Problems", from Building Healthy Futures: Tools for helping adolescents avoid or delay the onset of sexual activity, The Medical Institute for Sexual Health, Austin TX. 2000, pp9-10) ______________________ “A RESPONSE TO MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT, ‘UPDATE: BARRIER PROTECTION AGAINST HIV AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES,” “A more complete review of the scientific data shows condom failure to range between 0% and 31%.” “Condoms only reduced HIV transmission by 69%. The CDC may consider 69% ‘substantial,’ but the resultant 31% failure in prevention means many HIV infections, all resulting in premature death.” “Furthermore, the CDC Report states ‘intact latex condoms provide a continuous mechanical barrier to HIV, HSV (herpes), hepatitis B virus (HBV), Chalmydia trachomatis and Neiserria gonorrhoeae.’ This statement is partially true, but misleading. Bacterial STDs cannot penetrate an intact condom, but these diseases as well as many viral diseases are often regional—the infectious agent is not just located at one place on the body—and may infect the entire genital area.” “Medial studies confirm that condoms do not offer much, if any, protection in the transmission of chlamydia and human papillomavirus, two serious STDs with prevalence as high as 40% among sexually active teenagers. The epidemic rise in the rate of these two as well as many other STDs may well be a side effect of the encouragement of condom use.” Condoms – Research 2005 and prior
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