AIDS-hit Swaziland promotes circumcision
November 2, 2008 By CLARE NULLIS , Associated Press Writer(AP) -- Nelson Mdlovu strides out of the small clinic with a spring in his step and a smile on his lips just minutes after being circumcised.
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Maybe the people who did this study forgot to consider something important about circumcision:
People in nations with heavy christian and jewish heritage are more likely to be circumcised, and they are also less likely to be sexual promiscuous as compared to what you see in Africa.
Its basicly unrelated events.
Circumcise a lecher, and he's still a lecher, and has exactly the same chance of getting aids.
The cure to AIDS is "so easy a caveman can do it".
Very simple:
Quit having sex outside marriage. Case closed, one generation and its all over.
Nov 02, 2008
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However, your statement about sex and marriage is false. Married couples where one or more partner is HIV positive can still infect one another, and there is definitely still the possibility of infected any children that are born from that coupling. It would REDUCE the rate of spreading through the population... but one generation? That's ridiculous.