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Telling (more) lies for God
Apr. 11th, 2009 08:05 amSydney Archbishop Pell backs Pope in saying condoms worsen AIDS spread.
'Not good science': Pell's AIDS-condom link: "The president of the Australasian Society for HIV medicine, Doctor Jonathan Anderson, says there is no scientific basis to support the statements... 'There are many countries around the world that have a very high number of Catholics, like Brazil and Spain, and also unfortunately have high rates of HIV... there's no evidence that programs that promote abstinence are effective in preventing HIV or sexually transmitted infections. The converse is there's no evidence that the provision of condoms and other forms of family planning do anything to promote promiscuity.'"
Cardinal Pell says that a low rate of HIV in the Philippines is due to its majority Catholic population. He doesn't mention the recent increase in infections there, nor the government's past and present promotion of condom use, nor even the common-sense approval by Philippines bishops of condom use by married couples to prevent HIV transmission.
'Not good science': Pell's AIDS-condom link: "The president of the Australasian Society for HIV medicine, Doctor Jonathan Anderson, says there is no scientific basis to support the statements... 'There are many countries around the world that have a very high number of Catholics, like Brazil and Spain, and also unfortunately have high rates of HIV... there's no evidence that programs that promote abstinence are effective in preventing HIV or sexually transmitted infections. The converse is there's no evidence that the provision of condoms and other forms of family planning do anything to promote promiscuity.'"
Cardinal Pell says that a low rate of HIV in the Philippines is due to its majority Catholic population. He doesn't mention the recent increase in infections there, nor the government's past and present promotion of condom use, nor even the common-sense approval by Philippines bishops of condom use by married couples to prevent HIV transmission.
