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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / AIDS / October 2007dumb-con or con-dumb f.ck up
Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 14:50 GMT 15:50 UK The Catholic Church formally opposes any use of condoms The head of the Catholic Church in Mozambique has told the BBC he believes some European-made condoms are infected with HIV deliberately. Maputo Archbishop Francisco Chimoio claimed some anti-retroviral drugs were also infected "in order to finish quickly the African people". The Catholic Church formally opposes any use of condoms, advising fidelity within marriage or sexual abstinence. Aids activists have been angered by the remarks, one calling them "nonsense". "We've been using condoms for years now, and we still find them safe," prominent Mozambican Aids activist Marcella Mahanjane told the BBC. The UN says anti-retrovirals (ARVs) have proved very effective for treating people with Aids. The drugs are not a cure, but attack the virus on several fronts at once. The BBC's Jose Tembe in the capital, Maputo, says it is estimated that 16.2% of Mozambique's 19m inhabitants are HIV positive. About 500 people are infected every day. 'Serious matter' Archbishop Chimoio told our reporter that abstention, not condoms, was the best way to fight HIV/Aids. Condoms are one of the best manners of getting protection against catching Aids Aids activist Gabe Judas "Condoms are not sure because I know that there are two countries in Europe, they are making condoms with the virus on purpose," he alleged, refusing to name the countries. "They want to finish with the African people. This is the programme. They want to colonise until up to now. If we are not careful we will finish in one century's time." Aids activists in the country have been shocked by the archbishop's comments. "Condoms are one of the best ways of getting protection against catching Aids," said Gabe Judas, who runs Tchivirika (Hard Work) - an theatre group that promotes HIV/Aids awareness. "People must use condoms as it's a safe way of having sex without catching Aids," he told the BBC. Archbishop Chimoio, who made the remarks at celebrations to mark 33 years of independence, said that fighting the disease was a serious matter. "If we are joking with this sickness we will be finished as soon as possible. "If we want to change the situation to face HIV/Aids it's necessary to have a new mentality, if we don't change mentality we'll be finished quickly," he said. "It means marriage, people being faithful to their wives... (and) young people must be abstaining from sexual relations." Our correspondent says the archbishop is well respected in the country and the Catholic Church played a leading role in sponsoring the 1992 peace deal that ended a 16-year civil war. Some 17.5% of Mozambicans are Catholic. Death wrote... > Archbishop Chimoio told our reporter that abstention, not condoms, was the > best way to fight HIV/Aids. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Europe, they are making condoms with the virus on purpose," he alleged, > refusing to name the countries. I find this paranoid conspiracy theory hard to believe. While drug companies have an interest in promoting the spread of HIV, condom manufacturers have a strong financial interest in maintaining the public perception that condoms prevent disease. If this archpope dude can prove that an HIV drug company owns a condom manufacturer then I would consider the possibility. The AIDS advocates are making too much of a fuss about this and that makes me suspicious. The archpope is correct when he says that abstinence is more effective than condoms in preventing HIV, so following his advice shouldn't make the epidemic any worse. Maybe Mozimbabweans are so dumb that they can only follow half of their catholic religious teaching by having promiscuous extra-marital sex without using condoms. The high HIV rate shows that Mozimbabweans already ignore catholic teachings on sexual behavior, so why are AIDS advocates so worried that they will suddenly obey the archpope's no-condom rule? ========================================================= "There is no truth. You just pick the lie you like best. As long as you know as you know everything's a lie, you can't hurt yourself." -- Marilyn Manson ========================================================= "dank" <dank@nugget.org> wrote in message > I find this paranoid conspiracy theory hard to believe. While drug > companies have an interest in promoting the spread of HIV, condom > manufacturers have a strong financial interest in maintaining the > public perception that condoms prevent disease. Kenya First Lady: Condom "is causing the spread of AIDS in this country." By Peter Smith NAIROBI, May 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The First Lady of Kenya, Lucy Kibaki, spoke to Kenyan schoolgirls last week to warn them that sexual abstinence before marriage, not condoms, was essential to preserving their lives and futures. In speeches Thursday, and Saturday, Mrs. Kibaki spoke to high school girls about preserving their dignity and future, and urged them not to be duped into using the condom, which she linked to the spread of the AIDS epidemic that has sent millions of Kenyans and other Africans to an early grave. "Fellow citizens, this gadget called the condom . is causing the spread of AIDS in this country", Mrs. Kibaki said Saturday in a speech she delivered at St. Francis Girls' Secondary School in Dol Dol in the north of Kenya. (from the Kenyan television NTV) Just days before in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, Mrs. Kibaki had taken her message to the State House Girls High School for an awards ceremony, saying, "I am not telling you to use condoms. I am not in favour of condoms." Mrs. Kibaki blamed the rapid spread of Aids on a campaign that has pressured youth to use condoms instead of practicing abstinence before marriage (according to the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation). "I caution girls to be careful about their sexual behavior as this can lead to teenage pregnancy or HIV/AIDS infection." Mrs. Lucy Kibaki, who chairs the Organisation of the 40 African First Ladies, has joined with Ugandan First Lady Janet Musevi in calling for abstinence as the only way to stop the AIDS pandemic in Africa. Mrs. Musevi has for years been increasingly vocal about encouraging youth to practice abstinence before marriage as the way to prevent HIV transmission. The AIDS prevention program in Uganda, begun by her husband has cut pre-marital and extra-marital sexual activity down by stressing abstinence and fidelity to one's spouse. Likewise the HIV transmission rate fell drastically from 18% to 5-7%, making it clear that abstinence has been the best tool of the most successful country in the fight against the disease. Mrs. Kibaki's speeches have caused "shock" in AIDS activists, and generated "controversy", since she has dared to take her message that condoms spread AIDS to the youth, especially to the girls. As many African leaders have learned, anything that challenges the hallowed values of the Western sexual revolution is "controversial". Mrs. Kibaki's speeches have touched a nerve in AIDS activists, who continue to promote condom use, even though the 2003 UN report on condoms showed that they failed 10% of the time to prevent disease transmission, meaning that contraction of the disease means "when", rather than "if". For First Lady, Lucy Kibaki, "never" is a sure bet with abstinence. See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage: Uganda's First Lady Warns Teens against Condom Use http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/jan/04011205.html NEWS TIPS to lsn@lifesitenews.com or call toll free 1-866-787-9947. Donate to LifeSiteNews.com at http://www.lifesite.net/contribute/ "dank" <dank@nugget.org> wrote in message > The AIDS advocates are making too much of a fuss about this and that > makes me suspicious. NEWS 30 September 2007 Posted to the web 1 October 2007 By Gladys Kalibbala Kampala A deadly strain of tuberculosis (TB) is on the increase in Uganda, the Uganda National Association of Nurses and Midwives has warned. Janet Obuni, the association's president, on Saturday said each carrier of the drug-resistant disease was capable of infecting about 20 people in a lifetime. "Without strict precautions, a bigger number of people will be infected because this type of TB is dangerous as most of the infected people stay with their families. The congestion in urban area and other places may also add to the infection risks." A medical staff at Mulago Hospital revealed that they had recorded 71 cases of the deadly TB strain. "So far, there is no clear medication for the patients. The strain threatens to cause a global pandemic, but in Uganda its magnitude is not yet established." Other cases were reported in Arua, Mbarara, Kabale, Mbale and Soroti districts, Obuni said. Addressing journalists in Entebbe, Obuni appealed to the Government to intervene. Ten members of the association from different districts returned from Kenya's capital, Nairobi, where they were trained in methods of tackling the serious disease. "Although we have received some training in the management of multi-resistant TB from an international body, we still need the Government to avail us drugs in order to check the disease before it runs out of hand," Obuni said. Facts about tuberculosis TB is spread through air. When infectious people cough, sneeze, talk or spit, they propel TB germs, known as bacilli, into the air. A person needs only to inhale a small number of these to be infected If the bacteria overcome the body's immune system, the person becomes ill Drug-resistant TB is caused by inconsistent or partial treatment Symptoms include chest pain, coughing up blood, a productive, prolonged cough for more than three weeks, weakness, fatigue, weight loss, no appetite, chills, fever, sweating at night TB is a preventable disease. The best way to control TB is to diagnose and treat people before they develop active disease and to take careful precautions with people hospitalised with TB
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