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Cutters
Men in southern Africa are lining up for circumcision. Doctors can't keep up with demand. Studies indicate it can cut by two-thirds your risk of getting HIV and can lower by 30 percent your risk of giving HIV to your partner. Critics' concerns: 1) Banging lots of partners is the big HIV risk factor, and men who get circumcised may feel free to do more of that. 2) Some men in line are getting circumcised because they think it'll make sex more enjoyable, so their cosmetic surgery is delaying another guy's life-saving surgery. 3) Medicine men are getting into the act, and "every year, the authorities in Eastern Cape Province in South Africa report deaths and amputations from botched circumcisions of young boys."
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up to 2/3rds may or may not be right
i've heard 17% 26% and 33% from different researchers.
any number would strongly argue for circumsicion in places where HIV is rife.
HPV transmision decreased significantly (perhaps as high as 75%, HPV causes cervical cancer, usually asymptomatic in males)
interesting stuff no?
considering the number HIV is doing subsaharan africa, that it will start doing in india and china this is significant stuff. more so in china, where there aren't really religious designations assocaited with circumsicion, unlike in india, where the tension can sometiems run high and hindu's may not appreciate their kids being circumsiced. "like muslims"
china has a long history of imposing medical mandates from above, of if Government decided everyone gets circumsised then they can ppretty much implement it.
we will see where this goes.
fascinating stuff though, no?