"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Condom Capers Continued: Justin Katz has dug up the old condom fact sheet. As suspected, it's overly enthusiastic about condom efficacy. In fact, it cites in detail the paper from The New England Journal that I linked to in the original post. You know, the one that the editors cautioned shouldn't be used to justify making condoms the mainstay of STD and HIV prevention because of the inconsistent use even among motivated couples? Justin also has a biting analysis of the Kristof column.