Sunday, February 25, 2007

Just to Say...

... the hot news story that circumcision reduces the risk of contracting HIV is not so hot. I wrote it in The Sunday Times seven years ago.

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  1. Actually this was suspected to be the case at least since the late eighties, see e.g.
    Circumcision may protect against the AIDS virus. Science. 1989 Aug 4;245(4917):470-1.

    Reinhard Wentz, London

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  2. Thanks, Reinhard, I'm mystified whi this story hasn't been covered more substantially.

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  3. Call me easily amused, but surely the name Dr Kevin de Cock is comment-worthy in this context.

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  4. Sophie... Sophie... Sophie... Good point well made!

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  5. And, there I was thinking that circumcision reduced the size of the foreskin...

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