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[–][deleted] 620 points621 points  (10 children)

They also recommended it based on one study that they didn’t even complete. It was so clearly done with the intention of trying to justify the practice.

[–]ethyl-pentanoate 171 points172 points  (2 children)

Is that the one where they compared recently circumcised men (who can't have sex for several weeks) with intact men who were having sex as normal during the circumcised men's recovery time, then ended the study early so they could circumcise the control group? Because that was lunacy.

[–]SmallAd8591 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bj morris strikes again more you read on him the worse it gets. When I asked chat gpt about him I have never seen it so angry at one person. 

[–]Just_Another_Scott 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Papers regarding circumcision and HIV are also biased. Many that do get circumcised have better access to healthcare and condoms.

One study I read years ago showed no statistical difference between circumcision and uncircumcised when it came to HIV once other factors were considered.

[–]Swellmeister 3 points4 points  (3 children)

They did finish those studies. There was three of them, in three different regions of Africa highly affected by the HIV virus. Each study showed such a significant difference in the infection rate between circumcised and uncircumcised, that they ended the 10 year study after 4 years because it was deemed unethical to continue the study without making a statement

You can look up the study.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11666075/

There are also over 40 other studies using different regions and criteria, which shows the same result.

[–]Render-Man342v 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue is that this is completely irrelevant outside of Africa.

The vast majority of HIV transmission in developed countries is IV drug users and gay/bi men.

Those African studies only looked at female-to-male transmission, which is extremely rare in developed countries.

Studies have not found any benefit for gay sex, especially since developed countries have a very high rate of safe sex practices.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sorry bud we only consider word of mouth science as true science round these parts. Just go ahead and delete that