Just a head's up, re: the upcoming CDC stuff... - Page 2

[fresh_veggie]

[rissierae]

I hope medicaid doesn't pay for it in any state....the AAP no longer can routinely recommend the practice so why can the CDC?

Unfortunately I know that as of right now - Medicaid pays for it in MI. Both my nephews are circ'd (one of them just a few months ago), and I sometimes wonder if my sister and her husband would have considered not doing it if they had to pay for it themselves. It at least would have slowed them down and made them think about for a minute!!!

[ThatLinGirl]

Originally Posted by Bea

Personally, I'm delighted to see they have a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine advising on the board of consulting physicians.

It's always a toss up for me and my family whether to go to the MD with our health concerns or the VET!

I'd take it over a MD, honestly, when it comes to something like this. It is much more difficult to get into Vet school and those very clever individuals who are interested in public health matters, virology, etc, often start off in vet school because they must understand the diversity of disease within all the different species (far more complex than in just our species, if that makes sense) to understand how viruses spread around the world, etc.

I haven't pulled that up but I'd imagine that individual went on to do additional PhD work within public health or something relevant.

Not liking that line about advantages outweighing risks. Don't think so..

ETA: Yeah, look, he's sufficiently qualifed with following phd(s?), even if I don't like what it says:

Patrick Sullivan, DVM, PhD, is the Chief of the Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch in CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention.

[jgale]

Gosh, if we could surgically remove all mucous membranes, maybe we could eliminate HIV altogether...