{"id":19001,"date":"2019-02-07T12:10:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T12:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=19001"},"modified":"2019-02-07T12:10:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T12:10:52","slug":"condoms-do-protect-against-hiv-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/condoms-do-protect-against-hiv-transmission\/","title":{"rendered":"Condoms do protect against HIV transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\"><b>Dear Dr. Roach:<\/b>\u00a0I read that condoms have tiny holes in them and don\u2019t provide protection against HIV\/AIDS. Is this true?<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\"><i>\u2013 G.D.M.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><b>Dear G.D.M:<\/b>\u00a0Condoms do have tiny holes in them if magnified enough; however, latex condoms are effective at preventing HIV transmission, both measured in a laboratory as well as in clinical studies. In couples who use condoms 100 percent of the time, HIV transmission is reduced by at least 90 to 95 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Another way of reducing transmission is by pre-exposure prophylaxis. This involves taking a medication to prevent infection. In people who took the medication as directed, there was a 96 percent reduction in HIV transmission. The combination of pre-exposure prophylaxis and condoms provides an even greater reduction in risk. Condoms also provide protection against other possible sexually transmitted infections. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/life\/advice\/2019\/02\/06\/condoms-protect-hiv-transmission\/39017495\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Dear Dr. Roach:\u00a0I read that condoms have tiny holes in them and don\u2019t provide protection against HIV\/AIDS. Is this true? \u2013 G.D.M&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiv"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}