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Re:#Love: Virtually No Sex by athesyn on Thursday July 17, 2014 @06:20AM (#8046731)
It has a lot of random statements to try and justify the article as interesting. I'd like to see reasons why STDs will be eliminated besides 'because bioengineering' and then he links to an article about HIV 'cure'.
Re:#Love: Virtually No Sex by lnanek2 on Thursday July 17, 2014 @07:40AM (#8046940)
Are there any uncurable STDs left? Anyone who wants to be immune to HIV/AIDS just takes Truvada nowadays and even people who are raped get 30 days of anti-virals to prevent transmission. It's not a problem for the 1% any more, that's for sure, and the technology will filter down eventually.
Re:#Love: Virtually No Sex by ohyes on Thursday July 17, 2014 @08:54AM (#8047194)
Antibiotic resistant chlamydia, genital herpes, hpv.
Re:#Love: Virtually No Sex by basyt on Thursday July 17, 2014 @06:37AM (#8046776)
That was just a bit too much for me. Bionic people would still be using condoms - that is just common sense.

Also, will women still be getting pregnant in vivo? Because if so, then 'because bioengineering' wouldn't be sufficient protection from the hollow mutant zombie babies that would be produced (as a side effect of all the _bioengineering_)

Re:#Love: Virtually No Sex by lnanek2 on Thursday July 17, 2014 @07:43AM (#8046948)
I've seen quite a few career women hire surrogate mothers. E.g. their eggs, the guy's sperm, but a different mother. That's certainly something that's only possible due to medical technology. Similarly, the pill was a huge revolution and there are trials for reversible male contraception as well. If all STDs are curable and everyone controls their fertility by better means, why would you bother with a condom that removes the sense of touch for one of the parties?