Tag HIV

The heat is on to perform circumcision

South Africa Is Seen to Lag in H.I.V. Fight – NYTimes.com.

A related look to my post of last night.  Clearly this phenomena was part of the driving behavior for the scientific experiment in Uganda.   Worth noting, is the scientific support that circumcision is a good health practice.  Note though, that this article only references transfer of HIV from women to men, not men to women.

As such I stand by my earlier thoughts, Read more

Addressing Ethical Behaviors–An example

Circumcising HIV-Infected Men Doesn’t Cut Transmission to Women – Bloomberg.com.

I read the above article, and almost threw-up.   Instead, I left myself the weekend to stew, and let the ideas slowly percolate—As if cooking a delicate  but complex sauce.   On Sunday, I offered the equivalent of a taste test to a friend.  Here’s the story, “what do you think,” I asked.  My friend called bullshit. Read more

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