What's the truth in This?

[Sonia_Arjan]

Found this from this website, http://www.****.com/medicine/medicine/t-32000-pin-holes-far-far-larger-than-a-virus-virus-condoms-sperm-3577822-last.html

if the link doesn't appear due to censorship, then pm me. but here's what I want to know about:

The condom itself is not 100 % safe. Result of examination show the
following :

A condom is made of rubber (latex), a hydrocarbon compound with
polymerization, which means that it is fibrous and porous like woven
cloth.

By means of an electronic microscope the pores of the condom can be seen
in a non-stretched state with a width of 1/60 micron, while the HIV/AIDS
virus has a width of 1/250 micron.

When the condom is stretched the pores of the condom are 10 times as wide
as that of the virus; in other words, the virus can go through the wall of
the condom. The condom was designed for family planning (to strain sperm,
not viruses); and a condom is not meant for fornication/prostitution.

Research carried out in the U.S. on 89 condoms in circulation on the
market proved that 29 out of 89 leaked, which means that the leakage was
about 30 %. In Indonesia condoms imported from Hong Kong in 1996 were
withdrawn from market because 50 % leaked. In practice in the field there
is often failure of condoms use for family planning because of leakage,
let alone for fornication/prostitution. As a comparison, sperm are as
large as oranges and viruses as large as a period (dot).

Another examination conducted in the U.S. ( the Physical Division of Human
Sciences, Maryland, USA, 1992) showed that particles as minute as viruses
can be detected going through the wall of condoms.

In every condom there are 0.4 % pinhole, microscopic defect in the
manufacturing process. The area of the condom is 80 cm2 and if you count
32,000 pinhole in each condom, and if each pinhole is 1/1000 micron, you
can imagine the total number of pinholes in a condom.

So my question is: Why then encourage people to use condoms if they are so called "porous" and medhelp here seems to say "no risk" if someone said they had protected intercourse. Just wondering and seeking clarifications. Also lastly, what's the size of a hiv virus? it must be smaller than a sperm correct?

Thank You again and sorry in advance if my post is very direct and offensive.

[Sonia_Arjan]

does you not understand it because its in Chinese or it just doesn't make sense from what you understand?

[Sonia_Arjan]

Thank You Teak. Very insightful counter. :)

[jurk]

Yes,I also have saw these questions about condoms on some chinaese web.I can't understand.Is it really that hightly effective is equal to no risk?

[Teak]

Not true at all.

Latex condoms, when used consistently and correctly, are highly effective in preventing the sexual transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In addition, consistent and correct use of latex condoms reduces the risk of other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including diseases transmitted by genital secretions, and to a lesser degree, genital ulcer diseases. Condom use may reduce the risk for genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and HPV-associated diseases, e.g., genital warts and cervical cancer.