Invisible Condom

What happened to the invisible condom?

I find it very interesting that when the Bush Administration came to power in this country, science was on the verge of many quite promising technologies to add to the arsenal of weapons against HIV transmission. However the "Religious Climate" of the Administration led to moral "strings" attached to any funding offered; preach abstinence as the only solution to stopping the transmission of HIV. This was a failed policy from the start and is at the core of the rise in HIV transmissions among the youth in this country. They lack the basic information and tools necessary to protect themselves and they are being shamed back into the closet, so to speak, where sex without knowledge about HIV transmission can be lethal.

Among these technologies were two that I have been searching for information about because essentially they went nowhere. They were left to die by the wayside. I want to know why? Who is responsible for these products not being given to the public?

I think that these products should be brought to market. Enough with the Big Brother control over our sexual freedom and our right to safe sex.

Product number one (subject of the article from 2002) is a gel that provides an invisible barrier of protection. At the Barcelona 2002 AIDS conference it was touted as the most amazing development in HIV transmission prevention up to that time. It could provide protection to millions of African women.

Product number two was the anti-HIV shot that would make you immune to HIV through the use of an injectable anti-HIV medication. It would render the patient immune for up to 72 hours.

Doesn't it seem obvious that these products were suppressed due to the politics of the Bush administration or what? I find it very interesting that when the Bush Administration came to power in this country, science was on the verge of many quite pro... more

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