Letter: Unsafe sex

ALEX HAS fathered a child and expects the taxpayer to support it and the mother ('Counting the cost of a one-night stand', 22 May). He bemoans his failure to use a condom and complains about the action the CSA is now taking to secure some financial support.

Has Alex not heard of HIV? Does he think that the warnings about HIV and Aids are not for him? This is an area where lack of personal responsibility could have catastrophic results beyond that of the pocket for him and his partners.

Peter Salter

London, SE16