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Re:Promising HIV vaccine passes phase one human trials with ... by jules on Thursday September 29, 2011 @08:30PM (#3054957)
Circumcision has well known downsides, and its effectiveness is limited (~50%) so people would still need to wear condoms to be reasonably safe.
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Re:Promising HIV vaccine passes phase one human trials with ... by eli on Thursday September 29, 2011 @09:31PM (#3055142)
Of course you should use condoms, not share needles, and get tested regularly.

But a 50% decrease in new HIV infections is huge!

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