Comments for zemplah http://zemplah.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:15:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Guitar pedagogy on Youtube (a deliberately obtuse title) by Jackson K. Eskew http://zemplah.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/guitar-pedagogy-on-youtube-a-deliberately-obtuse-title/#comment-120 Jackson K. Eskew Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:15:42 +0000 http://zemplah.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/guitar-pedagogy-on-youtube-a-deliberately-obtuse-title/#comment-120 But there really is no substitute for the instant feedback that a good teacher can give. But there really is no substitute for the instant feedback that a good teacher can give.

]]> Comment on Mass circumcision can fight AIDS? by cnick http://zemplah.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/mass-circumcision-can-fight-aids/#comment-5 cnick Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:07:20 +0000 http://zemplah.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/mass-circumcision-can-fight-aids/#comment-5 Hello, Thanks for your comments! Joshua, your points are noted. Circumcision does seem to have an effect on reducing infection rates (about 50-60% reduction in infection rates, according to sources quoted in Wikipedia). I just feel that circumcision will not solve the fundamental problem, that is, unsafe sexual practices, which accounts for the majority of HIV infection cases. Why not distribute condoms (the reduction in infection rates being 85%, according to the US National Institutes of Health)? Why not advocate safe sex? Why not discourage promiscuity? It's human behavior and habits that we need to change. Ron, interesting statistics! Could you provide a cite, maybe? Hello,

Thanks for your comments! Joshua, your points are noted. Circumcision does seem to have an effect on reducing infection rates (about 50-60% reduction in infection rates, according to sources quoted in Wikipedia). I just feel that circumcision will not solve the fundamental problem, that is, unsafe sexual practices, which accounts for the majority of HIV infection cases. Why not distribute condoms (the reduction in infection rates being 85%, according to the US National Institutes of Health)? Why not advocate safe sex? Why not discourage promiscuity? It’s human behavior and habits that we need to change.

Ron, interesting statistics! Could you provide a cite, maybe?

]]> Comment on Mass circumcision can fight AIDS? by Ron Low http://zemplah.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/mass-circumcision-can-fight-aids/#comment-3 Ron Low Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:30:23 +0000 http://zemplah.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/mass-circumcision-can-fight-aids/#comment-3 About 80% of the half-million US men who have died of AIDS were circumcised at birth. Pre-sexual African boys were found more likely to already have HIV if they had been circumcised. AIDS is markedly more prevalent among the circumcised in Cameroon, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Circumcision is anything but an AIDS vaccine. It costs the UN just 3 cents to give away a condom. A billion dollars per year (a fraction of what is presently spent fighting AIDS in Africa) could supply EVERY African man with 4 condoms per week. About 80% of the half-million US men who have died of AIDS were circumcised at birth.

Pre-sexual African boys were found more likely to already have HIV if they had been circumcised.

AIDS is markedly more prevalent among the circumcised in Cameroon, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania.

Circumcision is anything but an AIDS vaccine.

It costs the UN just 3 cents to give away a condom. A billion dollars per year (a fraction of what is presently spent fighting AIDS in Africa) could supply EVERY African man with 4 condoms per week.

]]> Comment on Mass circumcision can fight AIDS? by Joshua Amos http://zemplah.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/mass-circumcision-can-fight-aids/#comment-2 Joshua Amos Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:18:12 +0000 http://zemplah.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/mass-circumcision-can-fight-aids/#comment-2 There are mathematical models to support the belief that six million new HIV infections and three million deaths could be averted over the next twenty years if all men in sub-Saharan Africa became circumcised. What could possibly prevent action being taken in this regard? http://allcircumcision.blogspot.com/2007/07/potential-impact-of-male-circumcision.html In the light of 3 million possible deaths does your personal opinion about foreskins really matter? There are mathematical models to support the belief that six million new HIV infections and three million deaths could be averted over the next twenty years if all men in sub-Saharan Africa became circumcised. What could possibly prevent action being taken in this regard?

http://allcircumcision.blogspot.com/2007/07/potential-impact-of-male-circumcision.html

In the light of 3 million possible deaths does your personal opinion about foreskins really matter?

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