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... in response to Guardian examines Swaziland's HIV epidemic
  1. Isn't "get them before they can fight back" the same technique the US
    Tom Tobin Tom Tobin United States says:
    April 13, 2012 at 6:44 AM

    Isn't "get them before they can fight back" the same technique the US employs, with the same amount of protection provided against HIV?  93% of Ethiopian men are circumcised, and yet HIV rages there.

    Condoms are 97%-98% effective, when used regularly and correctly.  The world has demonstrated that they are quite effective against the HIV virus.  They are cheaper than a circumcision, and are much more effective.

    So one wonders why the WHO campaign and the Swazi medical establishment push circumcision, and not condoms?
    Condoms protect both partners.

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