travis_of_the_cosmos Archive

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0	U.S. Circumcision Rates on the Decline: Just about one-thirds now compared to two-thirds during 80's and 90's. Anti-circumcision movement cited as a reason. Herd immunity still applies with incomplete immunity (circumcision cuts mens' risk by 50%). My terminology isn't wrong although it may be uncommon. Perhaps "herd resistance"? It's pretty clear that you don't grasp how herd immunity actually works. It's a matter of group resistance benefiting the individual and does not depend on actual immunity. Indeed, most vaccines are not 100% effective and hence the vaccinated are not truly immune. This is one reason why herd immunity is so important.	/r/MensRights	18/08/10 12:38 AM
3	U.S. Circumcision Rates on the Decline: Just about one-thirds now compared to two-thirds during 80's and 90's. Anti-circumcision movement cited as a reason. Herd immunity absolutely applies to HIV. This is clear from an SI model or just basic reasoning (your odds of getting it in a given sexual encounter obviously go up as the odds of your partner having it go up). It's also an empirical fact. I love how people arbitrarily downvote my unpleasant but correct statements while upvoting your above claim despite its not just being false, but logically untenable.	/r/MensRights	17/08/10 10:05 PM
3	U.S. Circumcision Rates on the Decline: Just about one-thirds now compared to two-thirds during 80's and 90's. Anti-circumcision movement cited as a reason. I didn't even see the mention of the WHO in the article at first - I thought Professor226 was just bringing them up out of the blue. In any case the way their policy is discussed is extremely misleading. Even if they advocate circumcision in the US (which I doubt, it has little value here) it is only out of a sense of fairness because they are pushing it in Southern Africa, where it does in fact work like gangbusters. Moreover, it is clear that everyone in this thread is naively hostile toward c…	/r/MensRights	17/08/10 09:43 PM
17	U.S. Circumcision Rates on the Decline: Just about one-thirds now compared to two-thirds during 80's and 90's. Anti-circumcision movement cited as a reason. Absolutely. It has no real preventive value in the US.	/r/MensRights	17/08/10 09:20 PM
3	U.S. Circumcision Rates on the Decline: Just about one-thirds now compared to two-thirds during 80's and 90's. Anti-circumcision movement cited as a reason. He would not be less likely to infect her, but she would still gain substantial herd immunity protection.	/r/MensRights	17/08/10 09:09 PM
0	U.S. Circumcision Rates on the Decline: Just about one-thirds now compared to two-thirds during 80's and 90's. Anti-circumcision movement cited as a reason. That is actually exactly what they do. All of the stuff I'm aware of is promoting adult circumcision. But go ahead and battle that strawman - downvoting me is sure to help.	/r/MensRights	17/08/10 08:58 PM
5	U.S. Circumcision Rates on the Decline: Just about one-thirds now compared to two-thirds during 80's and 90's. Anti-circumcision movement cited as a reason. No. The mos at risk group is heterosexual women, followed by heterosexual men (in terms of aggregate infections). The epidemic is dominated by heterosexual trabsmission. Moreover circumcision is being used and promoted in sub-Saharan Africa where this is especially true. Circumcision cuts the per-incident transmission rate by half and it avoids much of the stigma and power dynamic problems that plague condoms. Condoms are extremely unpopular in Southern Africa, where most HIV cases are.	/r/MensRights	17/08/10 07:24 PM
-10	U.S. Circumcision Rates on the Decline: Just about one-thirds now compared to two-thirds during 80's and 90's. Anti-circumcision movement cited as a reason. It works and people will actually do it which is more than can be said for condoms.	/r/MensRights	17/08/10 07:20 PM