Ive heard this crazy s--- that condoms dont stop HIV does anbody know if this is true?

Question

I have heard this from a few people. I still wear condoms because I believe it's bulls--- but still if theres anyone that knows of this is true or not please state your opinions or facts.

Answer 1

Using the condom can reduce the possibility of being infected. But this donesn't mean as long as u wear the condom, u can not be infected. I meet many friends on a site called positivesingles.com. Some of them say though they use the condom, they still got the disease. So the best way to avoid being infected is to control urself.

Answer 2

Latex condoms are a reliable barrier to HIV and other STDs. Unless the condom has a pinhole and leaks, there's no reason to worry. This is a fact, not my opinion. BTW, all latex condoms are individually tested to ensure integrity. There is another material from which condoms are manufactured for those allergic to latex but I am not positive if these are similarly impermeable to HIV, though I'm fairly sure they are. A pharmacist or physician can answer that question if you require non-latex condoms. The only type of condom that I know for sure will not protect against AIDS is the 'natural skin' variety manufactured from the lining of lamb intestine. To the best of my knowledge, they are no longer available because of this severe limitation. Regardless of the purpose for which a condom is used, it is important to hold the condom securely at the base of your penis as you withdraw. Any spillage near the vagina or anus can transmit the AIDS virus or other STD, and of course in the case of vaginal intercourse, cause an unwanted pregnancy.

Answer 3

He's not looking to just stop aids I mean don't you realize abstinence is not just about sex? He's challenging Africa to make a cultural advance it's nothing to do with God's will imposing these poor people. It has everything to do with Africa suffering immensely from insanely unsafe sexual practices. I don't care personally but statistically speaking abstinence plays a huge role in terms of preventing all STDs and unwanted pregnancy. It is after all the only 100% safe and effective practice. Women who practice abstinence enjoy sex 30% more than those who don't. Abstinent people are more likely to remain married which means less people messing around and less people getting oral STDs since I doubt you use a condom to bj. I say use both but don't go beating up some old guy because he's old school aren't you just as close minded for not trying to understand where he's coming from.

Answer 4

Condoms can help to stop the spread on HIV but there is nothing 100%. I think the effective rate of stoping STD's is 98% though. One small pin hole in the condom and a virus can enter the body (if you have an open cut). You might want to check the planned parenthood near you they have the most updated information.

Answer 5

Some groups, including AIDS denialists and the Catholic Church, claim that HIV can easily pass through the latex of a condom because microscopically latex forms a net with holes many times larger than a HIV virus particle.

You can test this rubbish theory for yourself. Oxygen molecules are much much tinier than HIV. If you pull a condom over your head (they stretch) so it covers your nose and mouth, can you breathe through a condom?

Answer 6

Condoms are a good prevenative measure, but not foolproof. The bottom line though is ALWAYS wear a condom to reduce the odds of contracting STD and HIV. Also, NEVER wear a lamb skin condom as they are too porous and allow those nasty critters through.

Answer 7

Condoms protect you from HIV as long as they fit properly and don't break or slip off. The only true protection against STDs is abstinence

Answer 8

Condoms can prevent HIV but, there is not a 100% chance they will. There are chances were it could happen such as a condom breaking.

Answer 9

yes, condom is a way to prevent it, but it also isn't 100% safe.
i know a guy on positivesingles.com, as he told me that he used to wear a condom when he f!cked, but still, some 2 yrs later, he found himself been tested HIV+, he also didn't know why....
so,, u need to wear double of it next time, hahaahahah!

Answer 10

the Catholic Church is telling people in countries stricken by Aids not to use condoms because they have tiny holes in them through which the HIV virus can pass - potentially exposing thousands of people to risk.

The Vatican
Vatican advice on condoms is at odds with the WHO

The church is making the claims across four continents despite a widespread scientific consensus that condoms are impermeable to the HIV virus.

A senior Vatican spokesman backs the claims about permeable condoms, despite assurances by the World Health Organisation that they are untrue.

The church's claims are revealed in a BBC1 Panorama programme, Sex and the Holy City, to be broadcast on Sunday. The president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Family, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, told the programme: "The Aids virus is roughly 450 times smaller than the spermatozoon. The spermatozoon can easily pass through the 'net' that is formed by the condom.

They are wrong

"These margins of uncertainty... should represent an obligation on the part of the health ministries and all these campaigns to act in the same way as they do with regard to cigarettes, which they state to be a danger."

The WHO has condemned the Vatican's views, saying: "These incorrect statements about condoms and HIV are dangerous when we are facing a global pandemic which has already killed more than 20 million people, and currently affects at least 42 million."

The organisation says "consistent and correct" condom use reduces the risk of HIV infection by 90%. There may be breakage or slippage of condoms - but not, the WHO says, holes through which the virus can pass .

Scientific research by a group including the US National Institutes of Health and the WHO found "intact condoms... are essentially impermeable to particles the size of STD pathogens including the smallest sexually transmitted virus... condoms provide a highly effective barrier to transmission of particles of similar size to those of the smallest STD viruses".

The Vatican's Cardinal Trujillo said: "They are wrong about that... this is an easily recognisable fact."

Laced condoms


Some priests have even been saying that condoms are laced with HIV/Aids
Gordon Wambi, AIDS testing centre in Kenya
The church opposes any kind of contraception because it claims it breaks the link between sex and procreation - a position Pope John Paul II has fought to defend.

In Kenya - where an estimated 20% of people have the HIV virus - the church condemns condoms for promoting promiscuity and repeats the claim about permeability. The archbishop of Nairobi, Raphael Ndingi Nzeki, said: "Aids... has grown so fast because of the availability of condoms."

Sex and the Holy City includes a Catholic nun advising her HIV-infected choirmaster against using condoms with his wife because "the virus can pass through".

In Lwak, near Lake Victoria, the director of an Aids testing centre says he cannot distribute condoms because of church opposition. Gordon Wambi told the programme: "Some priests have even been saying that condoms are laced with HIV/Aids."

Panorama found the claims about permeable condoms repeated by Catholics as far apart as Asia and Latin America.

Sex and the Holy City will be broadcast on BBC One on Sunday, 12 October, 2003 at 22:15 BST.

it is bull by the way