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BitwiseFool on July 7, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: HIV vaccine trial starts at Oxford

>"While the biological mechanism of action is not known".

Keep this in mind, and anyone reading HN should know that circumcision is quite possibly the least effective way to reduce HIV transmission. Circumcision has always been peddled as some disease reducing measure. Don't accept that on face value and research the subject. Especially Non-American sources.

maayank on July 8, 2021 [–]

> Keep this in mind, and anyone reading HN should know that circumcision is quite possibly the least effective way to reduce HIV transmission

Not knowing why it works != it doesn’t work

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