Wednesday, February 04, 2004
CDC Admits Limitations of Condoms
"Kathy Harben, a spokeswoman for the agency, intimated that the CDC's long-standing support of 'safe sex' might be up for review - at least when it comes to the human papillomavirus (HPV).
'The available scientific evidence is not sufficient,' she said, 'to recommend condoms as a primary prevention strategy for prevention of genital HPV infection.'
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the country and is associated with almost every case of cervical cancer."
HPV's a little nasty. I think it's actually skin to skin tranfer, but I'm not sure. But for the CDC to say that condoms may not be the solution to the world's problems . . . that's scary.
'The available scientific evidence is not sufficient,' she said, 'to recommend condoms as a primary prevention strategy for prevention of genital HPV infection.'
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the country and is associated with almost every case of cervical cancer."
HPV's a little nasty. I think it's actually skin to skin tranfer, but I'm not sure. But for the CDC to say that condoms may not be the solution to the world's problems . . . that's scary.
