They don’t just “perform it”, they *have* to ask the parents. Blame them, not the poor doctor who has to listen to the baby wail.
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @Gregory_Malchuk and
A doctor has an obligation to do no harm. In this case, he's harming for a profit.
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Replying to @dlindenii @Gregory_Malchuk and
They get paid per minute of surgery not per surgery and in some hospitals get paid hourly, nice slogan though.
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @dlindenii and
Circumcision is the most common surgery in America. About a million cuts per year, and each one costs the parent hundreds of dollars. The foreskin may then be sold afterwards for hundreds more yet. Circumcision is absurdly profitable. Like $600 for a 15 minute surgery?pic.twitter.com/it7giSaWTv
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Replying to @KhazWolf @dlindenii and
So educate the parents and then they’ll opt out. Or restructure the American healthcare system, which is a different debate. Either way, the doctors aren’t to blame for the parent’s informed decisions.
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @KhazWolf and
You say "educate the parents" then say "parent's informed decisions" if the parents need educating, that means they are not making informed decisions, they are making uninformed decisions, and the information they get then tends to come from the doctors.
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You can’t do anything more than educate the parents, because the surgery is optional. The doctors tell the parents the pros and cons pretty quickly and then parents decide. And trust me, people are happy to doubt medical professionals. Look at the anti-vax movement.
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @KhazWolf and
The doctors DON'T give the parents the pros and cons, not all of them at least. They don't also explain that those pros are not conclusive, that as much, sometimes more, research shows no real benefit, and many of the benefits are minute. like 1/322k for cancer reduction.
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That’s why I never mentioned cancer, but there is a majority consensus that it reduces the rate of urinary tract infections. Keep it to the argument. There are papers here posted by people that agree with you that back me up on this with numbers like 1.73 to 4x reduction.
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @KhazWolf and
They also admit that it would take 100 or more circumcisions to prevent... a single UTI
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"the number needed to circumcise to prevent UTI is approximately 100" @AmerAcadPeds 2012 Technical Teport - Male Circumcision
They also admit it is a permanent surgery with short term effects - "this colonization decreases in both groups after the first 6 months"
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