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To: madg
No. When condoms are used correctly and consistently, they are nearly 100% effective in preventing HIV transmission.
The rate of incidence with condoms (.9%) is being compared to the rate of incidence without condoms (6.7%), which is how the researchers arrived at their 85% condom effectiveness figure. Of that 6.7%, condoms would be ineffective in preventing transmission 13.4% of the time.
18 posted on 02/14/2003 12:21:53 PM PST by eastsider
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To: eastsider
Of that 6.7%, condoms would be ineffective in preventing transmission 13.4% of the time.

How could anyone ever come to that conclusion? Your saying that people who got HIV, 13.4% would have still gotten it even if they ahd used condoms? No one could know that and there is no way to determine that. If I misunderstood your statistics, please be mroe clear.

26 posted on 02/14/2003 1:07:43 PM PST by FreeTally
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