Thursday, March 26, 2009

Set your watches

Male circumcision reduces risk of genital herpes and HPV infection, but not syphilis

Once again, I will do a post on the benefits of circumcision, partly for the fun of waiting for the international anti-circumcision forces to post a rebuttal in comments.

Honestly, the argument appears to be over, at least in the African context:
"Medically supervised adult is a scientifically proven method for reducing a man's risk of acquiring HIV infection through heterosexual intercourse," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "This new research provides compelling evidence that circumcision can provide some protection against and infections as well."
The Pope has nothing against circumcision as far as I know, so a big push to fund safe and hygienic circumcision in Africa would have to be one of the more effective things the West can do to reduce AIDS.

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