Has Mechai Veravaidya, “the condom man,” helped or hurt Thais?
Mechai Veravaidya, grand occupier of a ‘Chair’ at Harvard University, the pet of the U.S. Agency for International Development, and hero of the population control ideologists, may have done more harm then good through his condom distribution program in Thailand. Dressed in his condom costume, merry Mechai has paraded through villages in his homeland tossing condoms in all directions. Deliberately desensitizing his people in order to enhance and encourage condom discussions and usage, Mechai has claimed that he was ‘helping’ his people avoid HIV infection. He usually failed to mention that a goodly portion of the international funds for population programs have ‘walked through’ the accounts of his own ‘family planning association,’ the Population and Community Development Association (PDA). A study has now found that in spite of a high rate of condom use, HIV infection has “spread widely,” particularly in northern Thailand. Dr. Kenrad Nelson, author of the study, states, “If condoms are
