New vaginal gel shows promise in AIDS fight

Awesome

gels are great for exactly what jubal said, other than that it is responsible decisions and condoms condoms condoms.

i heard about this two years ago and the real problem seems to be how to kill HIV without killing the person or causing great discomfort...if they can cure this thing maybe i won't ever have to get a cold again either

Perhaps a testicular implant which excretes this gel during sex is in order? I wouldn't mind carrying around a third rock if it kept me safe.
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I'll bet it stings like hell.

Hell gel.

It should be clear that this is a technical solution & just one weapon in the arsenal. As rightly put above this is just one way how you can be infected 70% of exposures. Remember nothing can replace good judgement, morals (by whatever definition), fidelity, sexual tolerance, abstinence & other proven & widely acceptable methods. However for women who cannot negotiate safer sex & are in unreasonable-male-dominated sexual relations characterized by multiple partneships, this is better than no protection at all. It will empower women & can be controlled without male influence. for this reason i support this.

Hello people let me tell you about this technology. This was already perfected during the Clinton administration. At the tail end, just before Bush took office. Once Bush came in he changed the Whitehouse policy towards aids prevention to abstinence based. This literally killed the development of these gels into a readily marketable product for use in the fight against HIV transmission and risk reduction.

This gel would be particularly useful to women in Africa and India; where women cannot say no to their husband when he wants to penetrate her - that her husband sleeps with prostitutes when he is away from her and brings HIV to their union.

Its high time that this gel has been finally brought out of the closet and dusted off.

Gels, condoms, whatever......as long as it is safe.

This is really great news. But I got to thinking. So you you use the gel when you're about to have sex with a infected person? I'm really confused because if you know the person you are about to have sex with has AIDS then why in the world would you continue on with that in the first place? Can someone clarify for me please?

i wonder how these trials were conducted...

how safe is that stuff for your vag?

Hey, c'mon darling, with this gel it's only a 70% chance you'll get AIDS.

If it's something strong enough to kill aids I wonder what it is?

Probably doubles as lube! Sweet.

I wonder if gay men will use this?