Why the UN wants to circumcise 25 million adult men

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Why the UN wants to circumcise 25 million adult men

 

By Joe Frost -- News.com.au -- December 22, 2016

 

IN AN episode of Sex and the City, Charlotte's newly-circumcised boyfriend gives the following assessment of the pain of adult circumcision: "On a scale of one to five, I'd give it a 72."

 

To get a little more scientific, a 2013 article from the Journal of Urology, titled 'How Painful is Adult Circumcision?', said "Pain is mild to moderate after circumcision "¦ Severe pain is rare and mostly related to complications."

 

But even if severe pain is rare, what's the point of opting to go through any kind of discomfort in one of the most sensitive regions of the body?

 

Mainly because it could save lives and help end a global health crisis.

 

In June this year, the UN announced that they intended to end the AIDS epidemic by the year 2030.

 

One aspect of smashing the disease was accelerating prevention, specifically by aiming to, by the year 2020, "reach 25 million young men in high HIV incidence areas with voluntarily medical male circumcision".

 

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), studies have shown male circumcision can reduce the risk of the spread of HIV/AIDS in heterosexual men by as much as 60 per cent.

 

Still, the prospect of blades and bleeding from that part of the anatomy makes ...

 

See the rest of the story in the article at News.com.au.

[jeremyuncut]

This is absolute bullshit. The "study" where circumcision supposedly reduces the spread of HIV by 60% is riddled with flaws in how it was conducted. The control group was comprised of sexually promiscuous males. A 60% efficacy rate is NOT statistically significant and this is a medically irresponsible campaign, spreading the false and dangerous belief that circumcision magically gives a male immunity from contracting HIV. In the height of the AIDS era, why did the mostly circumcised USA have a higher incidence per capita than the mostly intact males in Europe? Wake-up JUNK SCIENCE and circumcision believers. A condom is 98% effective. The leader of the World Health Organization (WHO) has a financial stake in the selling of the device used to circumcise these mostly uneducated, naive people in third would countries. Circumcision has always been a cure in search of a disease. Remember when the medical community sold circumcisions because it prevented masturbation, and epilepsy and nervousness, and eye problems? Those were all ridiculous medical claims, just like this HIV nonsense claim. When they say it is not about the money, it's the money.

[canuck45]

From the full article:

 

And while circumcision may help to prevent female-to-male contraction of the virus, according to the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, "Studies of whether circumcision of males reduces HIV transmission to their female sex partners overall indicate no protective effect."

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As such, Prof Vallely says Australians don't really need to consider circumcision for the purpose of HIV/AIDS prevention.

 

[Appreciater]

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Another example of the stupidity of having, hosting, and financing a miss-named organization called United nations. 🙄