Condoms Don't Stop AIDS - People Stop AIDS

Pope Benedict XVI attempting to tickle the crowd

On his way to his first African stop in Cameroon, Pope Benedict XVI decreed that condoms were not the answer to that continent's fight against AIDS.

According to the Associated Press:

"You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms," the pope told reporters aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde. "On the contrary, it increases the problem."

The pope said that a responsible and moral attitude toward sex would help fight the disease.

Well, yeah, abstinence is the best way to prevent the spread of HIV. It's also the best way to prevent the spread of children. Condoms are probably second best.

Frightening statistic:

About 22 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV, according to UNAIDS. In 2007, three-quarters of all AIDS deaths worldwide were there, as well as two-thirds of all people living with HIV.