I don't buy the

“If condoms were so wonderful and a part of human nature, we wouldn’t have a problem with rising infections,”

argument at all. Condom use goes back centuries. The issue with infection was brought up much earlier; people don't like using them or forget them. So this is a wonderful drug that what, raises risks of other STDs but lowers HIV risks so that's totally cool? It's not going to tackle forgetting to take it, but it'll mean you don't have to lose sensitivity.

There is also validity to fears about “barebacking.” Even if PrEP protects against HIV, condomless sex still invites other STDs. Some, like syphilis, gonorrhea, and herpes, are fairly easily treatable. But in recent years, there have been outbreaks among HIV-positive men of sexually transmitted hepatitis C, for which treatment is improving but still difficult, expensive, and imperfect. In certain parts of the world, such as Japan and India, a new antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea has rung alarm bells of a new STD epidemic. Simply put, nobody knows what new infections lie in wait down the road.

Why isn't this addressed further? Hep-C is no more a laughing matter than HIV. The argument against this 'valid point' is "Well no one we asked seems to care". Well they're idiots then. You can't be against the spread of infections and also not really give a shit that you're spreading all but one.

“I don’t think the world of straight men would settle for using a condom their whole lives.”

Really. The world of straight men that I'm not a part of seems to be aware that when you have unprotected sex with anyone you have health risks. You get into a relationship, it's about to turn sexual and you both go get tested and then start having sex. Is this a foreign magical concept? If you're having lots of sex with strangers you wear a condom, this isn't a homosexual only thing. Hell, I've handed out dental dams under the same concept.

"I always just figured that if I became HIV-positive, I’d deal with it.”

I've tried to come up with arguments against this, but what the bloody hell is going on. Why does an article try and take itself seriously and then come along with a quote like that? HIV is a serious virus.