Comment by matthewmacleod
1 month ago
This adds nothing. It has been repeatedly shown that stupid abstinence-driven approaches to public health do not work. It’s equivalent to saying “maybe the obesity crisis would be solved if we all just ate less”.
Moral crusades have zero place in public health and are actively harmful.
This isn't an abstinence driven approach it is a marry 'young' and then only that one partener for life.
Except it doesn't work very well.
Those who marry younger are more likely to divorce. Or lead unhappy lives because they don't divorce to save face, but the marriage is dead.
What a truly sad life
And yet countless couples followed this path in life and are happy
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Not as sad as catching something which will damage you physically, sterilise them or even kill them.
People don't want to hear this obviously. But it is a fact STI transmission has skyrocketed since the so called sexual revolution of the late sixties. Within fifteen years, we has an AIDS epidemic.
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That just seems like abstinence with extra steps.
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> Disease transmission becomes prevalent if people keep doing the things which spread it
The solution to covid/flu is wearing well-fitting masks and vaccines rather than never getting out.
The solution to STIs is good protection with vaccines, condoms and tests.
Religion can stay out of that.
Yeah that’s a moral crusade. It’s a public health issue; you deal with it through public health measures like education, vaccination, and treatment. You don’t make it go away by wagging your finger at it.