Large recent studies disagree, and align with country by country data
Canadian study: Study of 600,000 Canadians, found that circumcision gave no HIV protection: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34551593/
Denmark study: 810,000+ males over 36 years of medical history found that circumcision gave no STD protection: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-021-00809-6
Regarding the UTI claims. Given a risk in normal boys of about 1%, the number-needed-to-treat to prevent one infant UTI is 111 circumcisions. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15890696/
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Canadian study: Study of 600,000 Canadians, found that circumcision gave no HIV protection: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34551593/
Denmark study: 810,000+ males over 36 years of medical history found that circumcision gave no STD protection: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-021-00809-6
Regarding the UTI claims. Given a risk in normal boys of about 1%, the number-needed-to-treat to prevent one infant UTI is 111 circumcisions. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15890696/
Credit - u/Ban-Circumcision-Now
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