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In reply to the discussion: CDC: Circumcision Benefits Outweigh Risks [View all]Crunchy Frog
(26,748 posts)No, you can't extrapolate from Africa to the US.
Do you really not have any idea of what the differences are in access to hygiene between between rural, impoverished Africa, and even the worst areas of the US? Do you no understand that social conditions, education levels, basic medical infrastructure, and basic sanitation infrastructure, and customs and behavior can have on differences in disease transmission and incidence in different societies? Yes, the physiology is the same. Everything else is different.
If you don't understand this, can you then tell me what you are doing to protect yourself against malaria and Ebola?
Look, I understand that you had your sons cut, and you had every legal right to in this country. I just think you would be doing them a terrible disservice if you give them the impression that this will somehow make them "safe" from sexually transmitted diseases.
And neither you nor the CDC have yet satisfactorily explained why HIV and STD rates are considerably lower in intact Europe than they are in mostly circumcised America.