Mothering › Forums › Health › The Case Against Circumcision › Study shows circumcision increases HIV risk in women (but dont worry, they will benefit from herd immunity!)
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Study shows circumcision increases HIV risk in women (but dont worry, they will benefit from...  

post #1 of 6
2/4/08 at 12:04pm
Thread Starter 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl.../MNCVURII9.DTL

Quote:

Unexpectedly, the study found similar rates of vaginal infections among women, whether or not their partners were circumcised, and a slightly increased risk for HIV if their infected partners were circumcised. The HIV risk could have been purely the result of chance, but researchers were alarmed that instead of clearly reducing the danger, it showed a trend toward increasing it.

Dr. Maria Wawer, the Johns Hopkins scientist who led the project, said the disappointing findings were all too familiar in HIV research. "We all want to find the next step in understanding this incredibly clever virus," she said. "No matter where we hit it, it seems to pop up in another direction."


Quote:
Despite the disappointment that male circumcision seemed to offer no protection to female partners of HIV-infected men, Wawer stressed that the procedure will probably still benefit women because if fewer men are infected, they are less likely to pass that infection on to their partners. "We are sure there will be a population benefit," she said.
post #2 of 6
2/4/08 at 12:31pm
Blech. Now, they say that the findings on HIV in women might be purely related to chance. Interesting that they didn't say the same thing in Africa...hmmmm. Makes me wonder what their priorities are? Wait, never mind, I already know.
post #3 of 6
2/4/08 at 1:15pm
The same ol' poo-pooing of the facts in order to stick with the pro-circ advocates' agenda.
post #4 of 6
2/4/08 at 9:02pm
So after two years, a bit more than 50% more women with HIV+ circumcised partners became HIV infected then women with HIV+ intact partners. I can't wait to see how this gets spun. Perhaps they should just try and stop looking for the quick fix and realize that stopping HIV is going to require a modicum of responsibility. I wonder when its going to dawn on these people to stop waisting all this money on studies and buy boat loads of condoms.
post #5 of 6
2/5/08 at 2:10pm


Jen
post #6 of 6
2/5/08 at 6:02pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by pdx.mothernurture View Post


Jen
:

You know, good science doesn't work like this. The interpretation of results shouldn't be shaped by personal opinion, cultural environments or bias.
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: The Case Against Circumcision
This thread is locked  
Mothering › Forums › Health › The Case Against Circumcision › Study shows circumcision increases HIV risk in women (but dont worry, they will benefit from herd immunity!)