Pope Says Condoms Won’t Solve AIDS
“You can’t resolve it with the distribution of condoms,” the pope told reporters aboard a plane headed to Yaounde, Cameroon. “On the contrary, it increases the problem.”
- No one intelligent is saying that condoms are the panacea for the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Condoms are a tool to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections/diseases (STIs/STDs).
- Proper condom use decreases the risk of acquiring/spreading STIs/STDs. This is has been extensively researched.
- Distribution of resources (condoms included) does resolve issues. Vaccines, chemoprophylaxis, treatments, and proven prevention measures abound for many infectious diseases (e.g., hepatitis B vaccine, HIV/AIDS treatment, Ivermectin as an anti-helminth [yay HUMBIO 153]). Fair distribution is the answer.
Edit:
Pope, in Africa, Says Condoms Aren’t the Way to Fight H.I.V.
The pope said a responsible and moral attitude toward sex would help fight the disease.
Responsible and moral attitude towards human life would help fight (nay, eliminate) the disease. If we treat all people with the respect they deserve, HIV/AIDS and a plethora of other ills (social or biological!) will be effectively eliminated.
But no. Let us instead use the plight of the impoverished as a symbol of low morality.
Jesus would be proud, Ratzinger.
—- after rereading I realize this is rather scathing, but I’m not going to change it.
Jameson says: 
