tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16668447.post2130833833914606499..comments2023-04-06T01:24:59.744-07:00Comments on Stepping on Legos with Bare Feet!: http://www.ugpulse.com/articles/daily/news.asp?about=Research%20says%20implementing%20male%20circumcision%20challenging&ID=8548clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765926746058915959noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16668447.post-2442969491789198942009-03-05T05:03:00.000-08:002009-03-05T05:03:00.000-08:00Mark, thank you so much for writing. It helps to h...Mark, thank you so much for writing. It helps to have someone who knows a lot more about this than I do to add your knowledge. I appreciate it!clarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10765926746058915959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16668447.post-12726613591606008552009-03-04T18:43:00.000-08:002009-03-04T18:43:00.000-08:00You both make good points - let's hope some sanity...You both make good points - let's hope some sanity creeps into the discussion of male circumcision as a possible solution for HIV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16668447.post-63731467773548722042009-03-04T10:58:00.000-08:002009-03-04T10:58:00.000-08:00The research is very suspect. Not one of the much...The research is <B>very</B> suspect. Not one of the much-trumpeted studies was finished, despite the protective effect appearing to decline well below the oft-reported 60-65%, and several of the subjects disappearing. The fact that one study described circumcision as "comparable to a vaccine of high efficacy" seems to show clear bias. They appear to have been seeking a certain result. <BR/><BR/>There are also seven African countries where men are more likely to be HIV+ if they've been circumcised: Rwanda, Cameroon, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, and Tanzania. If circumcision really worked against AIDS, this just wouldn't happen. We now have people calling circumcision a "vaccine" or "invisible condom", and viewing circumcision as an alternative to condoms.<BR/><BR/>ABC (Abstinence, Being faithful, Condoms) is the way forward. Promoting genital surgery will cost African lives, not save them.<BR/><BR/>Something is very wrong here. These people aren't interested in fighting HIV, but in promoting circumcision (or sometimes anything-but-condoms), and their actions will cost lives. I know how serious a charge that is, and I stand by it.<BR/><BR/>Circumcised male virgins are more likely to be HIV+ than intact male virgins, as the operation sometimes infects men. <BR/><BR/>The latest news is that circumcised HIV+ men are more likely to transmit the virus to women than intact HIV+ men (even after the healing period is over). Eight additional women appear to have been infected during that study, solely because their husbands were circumcised.<BR/><BR/>Female circumcision seems to protect against HIV too btw, but we wouldn't investigate cutting off women's labia, and then start promoting that.Mark Lyndonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781475927979224765noreply@blogger.com