Shelton does not downplay the major role condoms play in preventing the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. But he notes that where HIV is widespread, people tend to have intimate relationships with more than one person at a time. In these regular relationships, he notes, condom use is inconsistent at best.
Dickinson says that while condom promotion certainly cannot end the AIDS epidemic, it has a tremendous impact.
"If I am faced with an epidemic, and condoms are, say, only 50% effective, that is still great. A 70% effective vaccine is one that works well. It beats the hell out of preaching abstinence," he says.
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