This seems like a case of when correlation does not equal causation. Would love thoughts from @Kidsdoc1Rick, @chadhayesmd, @Dr_ScottK! They also need to hyperlink the article for a little more credibility.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5998771/Circumcising-newborn-boys-increases-risk-cot-death-stress-procedure.html …
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I’ve not heard of the journal bioRxv. Or whatever. Even if the results are what they say, it’s far more likely to be due to some other factor (or random chance). So yes, agree with your assessment. Death 4 months later due to a very minor surgical procedure isn’t plausible.
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It was poorly reported and I’m guess poorly designed as well. I’ll read the original article later.
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Wow. Despite this note in the abstract, they proceeded to assert causality. The references to Jewish mythology were interesting. It seems plausible that before Germ Theory or sterile technique, circumcision may have been to blame for some male deaths.
But not today.pic.twitter.com/2j4a1woYdO
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"Ah yes, in our age of modern medicine,
#circumcision is never to blame for deaths." It's too bad for your patients - & their parents - that they have a#tweetiatrician who is so obviously biased & uninformed on this subject.#i2#meded@AmerAcadPedshttps://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/newborn-bleeds-to-death-after-doctor-persuades-parents-to-have-him-circumcised-in-canada-a6710061.html …2 replies 3 retweets 5 likes -
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i just want to smash my head against a brick wall when I hear this sort of bullshit
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Yes, the demonstrably false & irresponsible assertion that the advent of "sterile technique" ended
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From the "let's ask the echo chamber" approach, to the "attack the article now & read it later (or not at all)" analysis, to the apparent lack of interest in prematurity as a factor (see "not at all", supra)...
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...to the sneering at the publication, to the unfounded speculation that there simply must be a better explanation, to the
#FoxWithoutaTail adjectives ("very minor") used to describe#foreskin amputation...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
...to the special pleading (if only they'd apply their "correlation isn't causation" crusade to the "evidence" behind the supposed #circumcision benefits relied on by #AAP), can anyone doubt these MDs committed to their opinions on this article the instant they read the headline?
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