[Newspoetry] appall-o-meter pegged

[Joe Futrelle]

"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.

...

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.'"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0,7369,1059068,00.html

Appall-o-meter rating: 10/10.

-j
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