1. Tom Tobin Tom Tobin United States says:

    Kaiser-Permanente is the first for-profit hospital in the United States.  Dr. Edgar Schoen was Chief of Pediatrics at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland for 24 years.  He has written many books singing the praises of circumcision.
    Dr. David Tomlinson serves as the World Health Organization's chief expert on circumcision. He invented the "improved" Gomco, the "improved" Plastibell and the "improved" Accu-circ. He very likely receives money for every one of the devices sold. There is an inherent conflict of interest there. Dr. Daniel Halperin, who conducted one of the 3 studies in South Africa which claimed such fantastic statistics, is not a medical doctor. His PhD is in Anthropology and Latin American Studies. He was not medically qualified to conduct the study. Dr. Halperin is on record saying he wants to make his grandfather, a ritual circumciser, proud.
    In the US, we have buried close to a million mostly circumcised men, who died from AIDS.  Nobody says that simply being circumcised is enough to prevent the spread of HIV.  You still have to wear a condom.  If you have to wear a condom to be safe, why get circumcised?  It typically removes half the skin of the male genitals.
    Condoms, unlike circumcision, protect both partners.

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