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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If you market them at 100% effective and someone got pregnant? Oh you would be sued and out of business immediately. But 98% says it’s going to work, but if not, it’s not our fault.

You ever by a brand or product because you like it? For me, it’s converse shoes. Once I wore them, they were my go to shoes. Every once and a while I notice that there might be a small flaw, like the black rubber stripe wears off easily. No big deal it’s a shoe. 98% of the converse I buy are perfect. If it wasn’t a black rubber strip though…

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