Won't Hurt You category. If we screened everyone for HPV you would be telling a lot of women, 'You have this infection that's sexually transmitted and that, on rare occasions, leads to cancer. You have to present the whole balanced picture. Scaring people will damage public health. Coburn's requirement for condom labeling is also misleading, critics say.
Condoms protect against many germs, as well as pregnancy.
There is no good data indicating how effective condoms are at stopping the spread of HPV, but many experts theorize that condoms stop the virus at least some of the time. When it comes to viruses, dose matters, as do the mechanics of the flesh. In other words, the rubbing of external parts is less effective than the vigorous intrusion of a penis in a vagina to transmit the virus. If you block most of the contact you're going to reduce infectivity tremendously. In fact, if everybody used condoms in intercourse in the U.S., the cervical cancer rate would drop to nearly zero.