The Lancet has come out today demanding that the Pope retract and/or correct his statement that the use of condoms does not result in a decrease in the incidence of HIV/Aids.

The Pope, last week, in blatant disregard for strong scientific evidence to the contrary, stated that the problem of HIV/Aids “cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms; on the contrary, they increase it.”

There is no evidence to support this statement. In fact all the evidence points in the opposite direction.  This is a pet hate of mine - the use of bias and prejudice to pretend something is true, when science will tell you that it is not.

Shame on the Pope.