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Circumcision does nothing to protect against herpes, hepatitis, chancroid, HPV, Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis etc. So the child is being exposed to risk of d
by DanBC 7y ago
Circumcision does nothing to protect against herpes, hepatitis, chancroid, HPV, Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis etc.
So the child is being exposed to risk of death or disfigurement for a hypothetical benefit for one STI where there are existing better protections for that, and other STIs.
- zaroth 7y agoI’ll take the moving goalposts as a positive sign. Here’s another one that appears after a quick Google search; Male Circumcision Reduces Risk of Genital Herpes and HPV Infection, but Not Syphilis https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/male-circumcision-reduces-risk-genital-herpes-hpv-infection-not-syphilis https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/male-circumcis... When you google for circumcision risk of death, on the one hand is CIRP claiming over 100 infant boys die each year from complications arising from circumcision, and in the other hand the CDC saying they looked at every single infant death in 2010 and could not find a single one related to circumcision. So I’ll be done with this topic for the day!