Young people in France will have free access to condoms from January, in a bid to minimise the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

The French president announced the new health measure on Thursday at an event for young people's health.

Emmanuel Macron said young people would be able to collect them from pharmacies, and described the move as a "small revolution in prevention".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63915467

What?

I'm in the later stages of life and would love a free condom.????????

It’s a start, but they need to educate them first and show them horrific pictures of things that can happen if you don’t use them. Saw some very graphic pictures at a government hospital and if that doesn’t do it God help them. ????????

100% , couple years after they will be arguing about France's baby rate plummeting 

1 hour ago, jcmj said:

It’s a start, but they need to educate them first and show them horrific pictures of things that can happen if you don’t use them. Saw some very graphic pictures at a government hospital and if that doesn’t do it God help them. ????????

To be fair the 'horrific pictures' would be after 10 years of not treating the disease.

I doubt that would happen in any country outside of Africa.

 

Generally it's propaganda from the anti-sex brigade.

Edited December 10, 20223 yr by BritManToo

Sorry for the kids who start their love lives in rubber.

 

Back to the sixties, never caught anything.

Well that's one way to arrest the West's population decline...oh wait ????

 

Been free in every Community Centre and many other social services places in Oz since the HIV epidemic of the 80's.

I don't have a need for them anymore now that I have become an urban monastic devote ????

 

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2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

100% , couple years after they will be arguing about France's baby rate plummeting 

Unlike Africa

 

" If you can't feed em, don't breed em " but the message never gets across.

 

We will soon have all the Christmas ads begging westerners money to cure everything from Pneumonia to filthy water in Africa along with the obligatory kids with runny noses crying with flies in their eyes whilst you are looking forward to your Christmas dinner.

 

Meanwhile African leaders are building palaces and buying property in Monaco.

1 minute ago, Scouse123 said:

We will soon have all the Christmas ads begging westerners money to cure everything from Pneumonia to filthy water in Africa along with the obligatory kids with runny noses crying with flies in their eyes whilst you are looking forward to your Christmas dinner.

Yes, I am waiting for the yearly 'Feed the world' reboot from unknown pop stars to feed their twitter and tik tok accounts

1 hour ago, Boomer6969 said:

Sorry for the kids who start their love lives in rubber.

 

Back to the sixties, never caught anything.

well nothing a few tablets and a little injection didn't put right in a few weeks eh 

In this French letter of address, was the President's allusion to condoms and a  "small revolution" born out of arrogance, or was he just giving them a ribbing ?

Can anyone confirm that the French town of Condom is twinned with the English town of Maidenhead?

5 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

Sorry for the kids who start their love lives in rubber.

 

Back to the sixties, never caught anything.

HIV AIDS didn't exist then.

 

Why only start at 18? The ones that probably need them the most would be younger IMO.

3 hours ago, Harveyboy said:

well nothing a few tablets and a little injection didn't put right in a few weeks eh 

I don't remember the morning after pill being available in the 60s. I do remember all the guys that had to get married because of pregnancy.

3 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

We will soon have all the Christmas ads begging westerners money to cure everything from Pneumonia to filthy water in Africa along with the obligatory kids with runny noses crying with flies in their eyes whilst you are looking forward to your Christmas dinner.

Happily I'll never see them as I stopped watching mainstream tv long ago. Nothing worth watching and infested with advertising. Only watch Al Jazeera which has minimal advertising and nothing of that sort.

Don't miss it an iota.

1 hour ago, blazes said:

Can anyone confirm that the French town of Condom is twinned with the English town of Maidenhead?

Can't confirm, but happy to take a wild stab at it.

 

Sheath la France !

1 hour ago, blazes said:

Can anyone confirm that the French town of Condom is twinned with the English town of Maidenhead?

or maybe Cockermouth (Cumbria)??

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

HIV AIDS didn't exist then.

 

Why only start at 18? The ones that probably need them the most would be younger IMO.

Against HIV Prep gives a more effective protection than condoms, why are authorities always jumping up and down chanting "coondom, condoom, condoom", like primitive morons?

2 minutes ago, Boomer6969 said:

Against HIV Prep gives a more effective protection than condoms, why are authorities always jumping up and down chanting "coondom, condoom, condoom", like primitive morons?

No need for such unpleasantness .

Condoms offer protection from a variety of diseases and also protection against pregnancy , Prep doesnt do that

 

11 hours ago, Lucky Bones said:

 

I'm in the later stages of life and would love a free condom.????????

Has your section of bicycle inner tube worn out already?

I think France is a bit behind the curve on this. Free condoms for younger people are already available in many Western countries.  In the UK anyone can get free condoms.  Prior to a trip to Thailand earlier this year I stopped by my local health centre and asked for some condoms.  I must have been looking frisky because I was given a bag of about 50, along with sachets of gel.  The quality is good. 

At last something back from all that tax I've paid over the years.

On 12/10/2022 at 10:09 PM, Boomer6969 said:

Against HIV Prep gives a more effective protection than condoms, why are authorities always jumping up and down chanting "coondom, condoom, condoom", like primitive morons?

Go tell  Mechai Viravaidya that he should have been promoting HIV prep instead then.

 

Does that stop syphilis, gonorrhea, warts and pregnancy? Condoms do.

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Go tell  Mechai Viravaidya that he should have been promoting HIV prep instead then.

 

Does that stop syphilis, gonorrhea, warts and pregnancy? Condoms do.

All of which are curable, HIV isn't in most cases. And there is no intimacy with condoms. Some people also enjoy spreading the word that one will catch and abject incurable disease every time they have "illegitimate" sex.

Edited December 11, 20223 yr by Boomer6969

Just now, Boomer6969 said:

All of which are curable, HIV isn't in most cases.

Herpes isn't curable either. Condoms stop those too.

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Herpes isn't curable either. Condoms stop those too.

Nope, condoms aren't effective against HSV nor HPV infections. I had the worst HSV 1 outbreak when I was 9. 

 

HSV goes dormant after a while. And there are good antivirals to control early stages.

1 hour ago, Boomer6969 said:

Nope, condoms aren't effective against HSV nor HPV infections. I had the worst HSV 1 outbreak when I was 9. 

 

HSV goes dormant after a while. And there are good antivirals to control early stages.

Nonsense.

https://www.guttmacher.org/journals/ipsrh/2001/12/condoms-reduce-womens-risk-herpes-infection-do-not-protect-men

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/stds-hiv-safer-sex/hpv/how-can-i-make-sure-i-dont-get-or-spread-hpv

Many more where they came from.

1 hour ago, Boomer6969 said:

Nope, condoms aren't effective against HSV nor HPV infections. I had the worst HSV 1 outbreak when I was 9. 

 

HSV goes dormant after a while. And there are good antivirals to control early stages.

The CDC disagrees with you, in part. They do, but only the part covered.

 

https://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/the-facts/genital_herpes_508.pdf

Condoms can reduce your risk of getting genital herpes if
used the right way every single time you have sex.
But a condom protects only the area of the body
that it covers. Areas the condom doesn’t cover can become
infected.