BECAUSE ONCE SOMEONE INFECTED CROSSES OUR BORDERS ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE LIVING IN THE WALKING DEAD

The quarantine procedures they are using in the affected areas are extremely weak. I'll just point you to this excellent article on it. There is a risk here, but it will be to those close to the infected (meaning family members, etc before they are identified - not the staff who works with them once quarantined),…

The doctors at the CDC have the resources to research the virus in the infected patients and, most critically, work up how they responded to the experimental treatment. The selfishness and short sightedness of the American people never ceases to amaze me.

These selfish dimwits, spearheaded by Trump, don't seem to realize that we actually have had Ebola on our soil - in addition to dozens of fatal and highly contagious viruses that have called the US home for decades. There are highly secure labs that have been experimenting with the virus for years. Not to mention…

It is upsetting to hear. I live on the east coast as well. In my experience, the popularity of condoms waxes and wanes with time, socioeconomic status, education, and sexual history.

I meet a lot of adults who think condoms are for horny teenagers. All of the birth controls covered here are widely known. That doesn't mean we stop Talking about them.

The fact that EW is not an accepted scrabble word is part of my daily struggle on this planet

Ditto joypad. This list is a decade behind.

If I implied that all people have to use condoms somethjng went seriously awry. I was just putting them forth as another option. People here were suggesting that condom use is a male driven decision - I was saying that it should be female driven as well and it is your right to insist on them if you want them or otp…

Thanks, I appreciate that. I was confused too.

That's why I didn't ask her to update the article.

Both. Mostly the latter though because I primarily work with teens now. Are you assuming all readers of this piece are "women who had been on many forms of birth control none of which worked for them."

Yup. I'm not sure why people seem to all of a sudden think it's ok to put the full onus of birth control on the woman.

to be honest, I probably would have found it funny if it hadn't been followed by an onslaught of others. As I said, I work in sex ed and spend a lot of time convincing teenagers of both genders that it is their right to insist on conndoms in their sexual relationships and fighting for reproductive rights both in the…

I completely agree. That's why I didn't attack the author or in any way indicate that she should rewrite the article. I just mentioned condoms in the comments as another option. I think in the end you and I are probably on the same page here.

The "the worst" comment wasn't about you and it was obviously a joke in response to someone who is familiar with me as a commenter and was amused by how this thread went so quickly off the rails.

So the solution is to just not talk about condoms? Guys don't want them so shuffle them out of the conversation? In what possible world could that make sense? Why can't we do both? Women have agency over their own bodies and that includes the right to protect it. Condoms should be both men and women directed. You…

Haven't you been reading this thread? I'm the worst

MAYBE IF YOU WEREN'T SUCH A SLUT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THINGS LIKE STDS AND I WOULDN'T HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING CONDOMS ALL THE TIME

I wouldn't say adding on to something is derailing and I wouldn't say disagreeing with you is infantilizing but to each his own. If you think that anything about my comment suggested I would take an anti choice stance well, I really don't know what to tell you.