Originally Posted by bhcentral
Come on you are going to quote a wikipedia article like it is fact but then just state foreskin cutting for Aids prevention is just B.S.Here where three randomized trials that found significant reduction in HIV infection risk.
Auvert B, Taljaard D, Lagarde E, Sobngwi-Tambekou J, Sitta R, Puren A. Randomized, controlled intervention trial of male circumcision for reduction of HIV infection risk: the ANRS 1265 Trial. PLoS Med. 2005 Nov;2(11):e298. Erratum in: PLoS Med. 2006 May;3(5):e298.
Bailey RC, Moses S, Parker CB, et al. Male circumcision for HIV prevention in young men in Kisumu, Kenya: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2007 Feb 24;369(9562):643-56.
Gray RH, Kigozi G, Serwadda D, et al. Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised trial. Lancet 2007;369:657-666.
Well, german courts of law didnt see it significant enough so they labeled circumcision of kids as assault.
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“…A total of 3,274 uncircumcised men, aged 18-24 y, were randomized to a control or an intervention group with follow-up visits at months 3, 12, and 21…”
”..There were 20 HIV infections (incidence rate = 0.85 per 100 person-years) in the intervention group and 49 (2.1 per 100 person-years)..”
#2
”..We did a randomised controlled trial of 2784 men aged 18-24 years in Kisumu, Kenya. Men were randomly assigned to an intervention group (circumcision; n=1391) or a control group (delayed circumcision, 1393)..”
“…22 men in the intervention group and 47 in the control group had tested positive for HIV when the study was stopped.”
#3
didnt find direct study but referenced here:
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The findings of Robert Bailey (Feb 24, p 643),1 Ronald Gray (p 657)2, and their co-workers indicate that male circumcision can have a significant protective effect against HIV infection. Although these results are clearly important for HIV prevention, the benefits of male circumcision could be negated by behaviour that increases HIV risk, especially by a drop in condom use or a rise in sexual partners.
In Bailey and colleagues’ trial, circumcised men engaged in riskier sexual behaviour than non-circumcised men. We are concerned about how decreased condom use by circumcised men could increase sexually transmitted infections (STI), and therefore amplify HIV transmission. This concern is especially relevant to those who model the impact of male circumcision, who have so far not taken increases in STIs into account.3 STIs are associated with a two-fold to five-fold increase in HIV transmission.4
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An accurate assessment of the population impact of male circumcision needs to consider both the risk-reducing and potentially risk-enhancing effects of this procedure.
So based on these studies where 20 circumcised vs. 50 foreskin “penis” out of ca. 3000 men did develop HIV you would support circumcising every child in the world?
I would bet condoms would be cheaper, easier and healthier then a circumcision of every kid in Africa. All while you can still develope AIDS when circumcisied.
You know every adult is responsible for his own life and if he is able and willing to have random sex in the biggest Aids hole in the world without a condom then he already failed at life with or without foreskin.
So the Pile of bull dung just got bigger for me.
Im pretty sure that most of the parents in the US opting for circumcision do not base it on african studys.