Circumcision has been a go to for HIV prevention, especially in Africa. One researcher questions its validity.
“The claim that circumcision prevents HIV. It’s false. But, it’s not only false, it’s a lie. There are compelling reasons to lie. The U.S. media reports that circumcision prevents your chance of contracting HIV by 60 percent. If we were to take a look at what the studies actually showed (summing the results of the three randomized trials the US media often cites), the difference between intact men who got HIV vs. circumcised men who got HIV was 1.3 percent; 58.7 percent smaller than what the media reports (this has to do with relative vs absolute risk reduction - a distinction largely lost to the public). And, if you were to take a look at the study design, they are unapologetically designed to favor the hypothesis that circumcision reduces your chance of contracting HIV. It is some of the most pathetic published research on the face of the planet, which is then unapologetically misrepresented in the media.”
Please look into circumcision. There’s no reason it shouldn’t be a major issue protested daily against.