StatsCan doesn’t have circumcision in their top 12 causes of infant death even, but I’ll keep looking for you........
BS? There a several acronyms you can consider when educating yourself or others on the benefits of circumcision. CPS, AAP, CDC, WHO are a few good ones but I hope you’re up to speed on those already.
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#i2@AmAcadPeds@CDCgov@WHO are in general highly respected organizations, however on the subject of male circumcision there is evidence they are and have been called out by other equally respected medical organizations as culturally biased and susceptible to confirmation bias -
The science hasn’t changed regardless of the “tread lightly” approach of gov agencies. They still support the science and avoid the eggshells. UTI, STI, Cancer continue to be listed as benefits.
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#i2 Science replete w confirmation bias, & w excludes data which contradicts its desired conclusions is willful ignorance, by definition not rigorous science as meant 2b. The non-circumcision first world has the best health outcomes why is this never stated in USA circ research.
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Yeah, the CDC and WHO base their perspective on circumcision on several very flawed studies that were performed under poor control in Africa. It's already being shown that male circumcision campaigns are not having a significant preventive effect on HIV transmission.
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#i2 And, what you'll find is where Antiretroviral drugs have been used in Africa HIV infections have plummeted, and circumcision advocates are trying to piggyback on those results saying that circumcision has also contributed vs evidence to opposite with HIV rising after circ
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Try looking outside your american bubble of for-profit malpractise: https://www.thelocal.se/20120219/39200/ http://www.newsinenglish.no/2015/01/22/doctors-defy-new-circumcision-law/ … https://www.huffpost.com/entry/denmarks-29000-doctors-declare-circumcision-of-healthy_b_58753ec1e4b08052400ee6b3 … https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2018/02/21/icelandic_doctors_support_ban_on_circumcision_for_b/ … Even the Canadian Urological Association agrees it "cannot be justified": http://cuaj.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/5034/3470 …
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