This is clearly a critique of the medical consensus. Why would you present a critique of a consensus as evidence that the consensus isn't the consensus.
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1/11 There are 2 articles. 1 shows
@AmerAcadPeds view "differed from that of all contemporary peer organizations - that is, national pediatric or general medical societies in other countries with comparable public health environments - despite relying on a similar evidence base."1 reply 3 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @cooney21 @iamdrugfreedave and
2/11 That includes
@CanPaedSociety@TheRACP@TheBMA & nat'l medical associations in Denmark, the Netherlands & many other countries. The President of Germany's pediatric society put it this way in a government hearing: "there is no reason from a medical point of view to remove...1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @cooney21 @iamdrugfreedave and
3/11 "...an intact foreskin from underage boys or boys unable to give consent" & "the statement from the AAP [has] been graded by almost all other pediatric societies and associations worldwide as being scientifically untenable." In fact, not a single nat'l ass'n of pediatricians
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Replying to @cooney21 @iamdrugfreedave and
4/11 on the planet agrees w/AAP's ridiculous & irresponsible "benefits outweigh the risks" position. The 2nd article is by 38 leading MDs from 17 developed countries. They reviewed the same evidence as the AAP
#circumcision task force except they did so objectively & w/out the...1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @cooney21 @iamdrugfreedave and
5/11 cultural & economic biases of US MDs. They concluded the "claimed health benefits are...questionable, weak...and do not represent compelling reasons for surgery before boys are old enough to decide for themselves." Further, "Physical integrity is 1 of the most fundamental...
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Replying to @cooney21 @iamdrugfreedave and
6/11 "and inalienable rights a child has. Physicians and their professional organizations have a professional duty to protect this right, irrespective of the gender of the child." None of the 8 (not 38) members of the AAP
#circumcision task force has honored this duty, or shown1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @cooney21 @iamdrugfreedave and
7/11 any ability to view skeptically (as any scientist should) the assumption that
#circumcision is beneficial & not harmful. The predetermined aim of the AAP task force was to protect circumcision as an "option" for parents - i.e., they assumed it should be a parental option.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @cooney21 @iamdrugfreedave and
8/11 As Earp & Frisch point out (p 18), 1 task force member essentially admitted this in a 2016 editorial (attached here) https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2016/04/04/peds.2016-0594.full.pdf … There was never any chance the AAP task force was ever going to say anything negative about
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Replying to @cooney21 @iamdrugfreedave and
9/11 inconsistent with "protecting this option." So the task force didn't seriously discuss
#bioethics & didn't discuss AT ALL the anatomy of the foreskin b/c to do so honestly would be to demonstrate it to be a functional & valued body part. So clearly, the question you ought to2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
10/11 ask yourself is why would you state what the medical consensus is when you have ZERO support for your position, a position that is shown to be utterly false simply from a review of 2 articles you were sent but clearly didn't bother to read before you commented on them?
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Replying to @cooney21 @iamdrugfreedave and
11/11 Feel free to ask others for help answering that one, just don't expect help from
@AAPPres@ColleenKraft or any other#tweetiatricians. This isn't vaccines, or guns or immigration. They all know the AAP#circumcision policy statement is hopelessly indefensible.#i2#meded1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes -
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@threadreaderapp please unroll0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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