In 2014, when #TomFrieden was its chair, @CDCgov published "draft" guidelines to promote #circumcision that were widely misreported - including by Edgar Schoen - as established #CDC policy despite their "draft" status. Frieden irresponsibly did not correct that misreporting. #i2
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Though ostensibly aimed at genitally intact teens & young men, pro-circumcision zealots seized on the draft as part of their hopeless but never-ending efforts to justify tearing apart the healthy genitals of much younger children. Frieden did nothing to dissuade them.
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@CDCgov#circumcision guidelines received overwhelmingly negative public comments, including from many bioethicists who correctly point out that amputating foreskin from a boy who can't#consent violates all 4 cardinal principles of#bioethics. Frieden ignored them.#i21 reply 3 retweets 9 likesShow this thread -
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@CDCgov#circumcision guidelines are based on "evidence" that unbiased MDs (i.e., MDs not invested in trying to justify#circumcision) overwhelmingly view as not supporting foreskin amputation as a public health measure. Frieden ignored them too.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441692.2016.1184292 …1 reply 1 retweet 7 likesShow this thread -
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#TomFrieden stands accused of groping a woman's buttocks after - yes, you guessed it - ignoring the absence of her#consent & doing it anyway. Given his prior demonstrated lack of respect & concern for others' consent & bodily integrity, who can say they're surprised?#i21 reply 2 retweets 6 likesShow this thread -
The alleged incident is said to have occurred not decades ago in some frat house, but last fall, well after
@realDonaldTrump famously said of groping, "When you're a celebrity they let you do it." (Or a doctor who thinks he's a celebrity.)@CDCgov@WHO@WorldBank@nycHealthy#i21 reply 0 retweets 5 likesShow this thread -
The rule is as simple as it is essential to civilized society: Do not touch - let alone cut into - another person's private parts w/out
#consent or a legitimate & compelling medical need. Even 5 year olds get it. When will US doctors get it?@AmerAcadPeds#tweetiatrician#i25 replies 3 retweets 11 likesShow this thread -
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