How are condoms only 98% effective?

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Everywhere I find on the internet says that condoms, when used properly and don’t break, are only 98% effective.

That means if you have sex once a week you’re just as well off as having no protection once a year.

Are 2% of condoms randomly selected to have holes poked in them?

What’s going on?

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Even 98% seems low. If I am reading correctly then out of 100 female/ fertile sex workers, two will fall pregnant each year.

That is a lot of semen getting where it shouldn’t. This implies (to me) a much higher than acceptable risk.

Is there anyone here know more sex workers than I do, and can speak to this?

Or do these statistics deliberately exclude professionals?

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