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Re:HIV vaccine trial starts at Oxford by maayank on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:14PM (#27765795)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_and_HIV#Mechanism...
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Re:HIV vaccine trial starts at Oxford by BitwiseFool on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @06:39PM (#27766575)
>"While the biological mechanism of action is not known".

Keep this in mind, and anyone reading HN should know that circumcision is quite possibly the least effective way to reduce HIV transmission. Circumcision has always been peddled as some disease reducing measure. Don't accept that on face value and research the subject. Especially Non-American sources.

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Re:HIV vaccine trial starts at Oxford by maayank on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @10:37PM (#27767975)
> Keep this in mind, and anyone reading HN should know that circumcision is quite possibly the least effective way to reduce HIV transmission

Not knowing why it works != it doesn’t work

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