2006-08-23 06:46:06 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
the 99% is only if they don't break, and you put it on exactly as they have on the directions. but basically it's so you can't sue the condom makers when she gets pregnant.
2006-08-23 06:49:05 · answer #1 · answered by chris j 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
nope they're not, im 99% sure
aids (and some other stds) are small enough to go through the microscopic holes in the condom.. and the only thing that would be full proof is steel.. but who would want a steel condom
but still a condom is better than nothing
2006-08-23 14:15:56 · answer #2 · answered by spoof ♫♪ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on everything involved. Nothing is fool proof except for abstinence.
If the girl is not using anything and the condom has any defectiveness, no.
If the girl is taking an antibiotic and is using a contraceptive and the condom is defective, no.
It is a game of russian roulette.
If you don't want a pregnancy then don't have sex.
2006-08-23 13:54:40 · answer #3 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
85 to 99 %
nothing is always 99%
2006-08-26 18:36:41 · answer #4 · answered by DENISE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Condoms actually prevent a very small portion of the thousands of STDs.
2006-08-23 14:05:38 · answer #5 · answered by The J Man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but people are only 50% effective so they tend to mess things up.
2006-08-23 13:52:08 · answer #6 · answered by Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not 99%, maybe 85% maybe
2006-08-23 13:51:54 · answer #7 · answered by StaLynnCey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no protection against skin to skin contact. Hence STD can spread among sexual partners. Only protection is against pregnancy.
2006-08-24 01:46:44 · answer #8 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
codoms get torn now and then... so they're bond to be inefective from time to time. From my experience, i'd say 99% is a good approximation.
2006-08-23 13:49:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert Strecker MD says 99% for sperm maybe but not viruses.
2006-08-23 13:48:42 · answer #10 · answered by Kirk M 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋