Re:HIV vaccine trial starts at Oxford
by BitwiseFool on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @06:31PM
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>"Despite the claims of some activists, circumcision has no negative consequences, so if it helps, then it helps."
It's really telling that studies in non-circumcising cultures show that the foreskin has a purpose and that removing it has an actual effect on the body. They do not recommend it as a routine practice, despite the claimed benefits. And, those benefits themselves are also questioned from an efficacy standpoint.
But studies done in circumcising cultures confidently declare that such a densely innervated piece of tissue made to protect a mucous membrane does nothing of value, removing it has no negative consequences, and that its removal has no negative impact whatsoever on sexual function.
These two schools of thought are mutually exclusive.
Re:HIV vaccine trial starts at Oxford
by threatofrain on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @07:21PM
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Is there any mainstream American medical institution that still recommends routine infant circumcision?
The number of things that will reduce STD rates "as long as" you do them is very very high. I'm sure I don't need to provide you with a list.
The reality is that people don't do all of them.
Despite the claims of some activists, circumcision has no negative consequences, so if it helps, then it helps.
There's this weird messaging I see sometimes, where people are against something that can help because "you could do this other thing (but no one is)".