| | In the name of ScienceWarning - this post is disgusting.
So my friend sent me this link - NY Times
And so starts off as an interesting article. You think - hey, another way to cut down on the spread of HIV/AIDS. But then you start really reading it. I am slightly disgusted and feel uncomfortable that a lot of grown men might be having to go through a painful procedure. And a few thoughts occurred to my friends and me.
1. Dr. De Cock - what a horrible name for the Director of HIV/AIDS for the WHO.
2. Have you ever thought of how sick the experiment was?
So, first you gotta get 8000 men to sign up. Some circumcised. Some not, but all HIV free. So you tell them that for the sake of science, they need to have sex with a lady. No problem - guys would love to have sex with a lady and say it's for the sake of science. That one liner doesn't work. Trust me - no, I haven't tried that line, but I'm sure it doesn't work.
So what happens next? Well, to make sure all things are equal they must either all have sex with the same woman that we know has HIV - disgusting. But let's make it lighter - they all have sex with someone from a pool of women that we know has HIV. To be consistent, science tells us we probably have to have both a circumcised guy and an uncircumcised guy have sex with the same lady. So later, what happens? If you're the guy, they tell you one of the following messages:
1. Thanks for your participation in our experiment. Have a nice day
2. Thanks for your participation in our experiment - You now have contracted HIV. You probably would have anyways since you're uncircumcised.
3. Thanks for your participation in our experiment. You now have contracted HIV. Being circumcised, you had a 50% chance, unfortunately you fall on the wrong side of the 50%.
Little do they know that someone else has had sex with the same person they knocked up.
Not sure this was that happy of an article now. So what have we learned today?
Men, don't cheat on your wives. Guys, use a condom. Parents, make sure your boys are circumcised early on. Everyone - do not participate in science experiments involving sex. Science may seem objective, but it can also lack in morality. |
| | Posted 12/29/2006 6:53 PM - 0 comments
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