[NSFW?] Circumcision Rally In Front of White House This Afternoon

You showed me a small sample of a few hundred people in studies done by god knows who for whatever weird reasons. I showed you stats that included literally hundreds of millions of people that directly contradicts your small samples.

Studies in Africa claim that adult male circumcision significantly reduces the risk of men acquiring HIV. Many professionals question the reliability and validity of these studies. However, some others take the leap of recommending adult male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy in Africa for up to 38 million men. Publishing such a report in the United States appears to support the American cultural practice of circumcision. Such judgments are dangerous. Even if the claim were true, based on the rate of infection in the studies, about 60 men had be circumcised to prevent one HIV infection. The other 59 men did not receive any benefit. However, based on another African report, men circumcised in Africa could be subject to a complication rate of 35% for a traditional circumcision or 18% for a clinical circumcision. The methods used in the studies were flawed. The effects of other variables that would influence HIV infection were not considered, and critical data were omitted. For example, the HIV status of the female partners of the men in the studies was not determined. Because it was not known which infections were heterosexually transmitted, the effect of circumcision on the rate of heterosexually transmitted HIV could not actually be determined. The investigators did not seek to determine the source of the HIV infections during their studies. They assumed all infections were heterosexually transmitted when some infections were transmitted heterosexually and some were not. Most HIV infections in Africa are transmitted by contaminated injections and surgical procedures. (See first off site link below.) The studies were not consistent with other evidence. African national population surveys in eight countries found a higher rate of HIV infection among circumcised men compared to men who were not circumcised. There are at least 17 observational studies that have not found any benefit from male circumcision in reducing HIV transmission. Among developed countries, the United States has the highest circumcision rate and the highest rate of heterosexually transmitted HIV. Other countries have lower rates of HIV infection than the United States and do not practice circumcision.

http://www.circumcision.org/hiv.htm

And here's some other studies to consider, that do not contradict real world evidence.

http://www.circumcision.org/studies.htm

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