[URL]http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/07/12107767-circumcision-ritual-may-carry-herpes-risk?lite[/URL]
[QUOTE][B]An ultra-Orthodox Jewish circumcision practice in which the [highlight]circumciser places his mouth on a newborn's newly circumcised penis and sucks blood away from the wound[/highlight][/B] carries a risk of transmitting the herpes virus to the baby, sometimes fatally, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The report is based on researchers' investigation into the cases of 11 infants in New York City who were infected with the herpes virus after this procedure, known as metzitzah b’peh ("direct orogenital suction"), between November 2000 and December 2011. Ten of these infants were hospitalized, and two died.
[B]Some of the infants’ parents were not aware this technique would be a part of their [URL="http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/2336-circumcision-linked-prostate-cancer-risk.html"]child’s circumcision[/URL][/B], the researchers found. Parents should be aware of the risk of herpes in metzitzah b’peh, and should inquire in advance whether direct orogenital suction will be performed so the practice can be avoided, the CDC researchers said.
"Oral contact with a newborn’s open wound risks transmission of [[URL="http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/1159-genital-herpes-contagiousness.html"] herpes simplex virus [/URL]] and other pathogens," the researches wrote in their report.
"Circumcision is a surgical procedure that should be performed under sterile conditions."
The virus that was found in most of the infants, called herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) — which is typically associated with [URL="http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/220-cold-sores-symptoms-treatments-and-prevention.html"]cold sores[/URL], but does not always cause any symptoms — is highly prevalent in the general adult population, the report said. A 2004 study showed that 73 percent of adults ages 20 and older in New York City carried the virus.
At least three of the infants, including one who died, were circumcised by the same person, the report said. The New York City Commissioner of Health has issued a directive ordering that person to stop performing direct orogenital suction during circumcisions.
At least three mohliem (circumcisers) performed the circumcisions of the 11 infected infants, and there may have been as many as eight mohliem, the CDC said. In some cases, parents refused to identify their child's circumciser to CDC officials.
The rate of newborn boys who undergo direct orogenital suction and contract herpes infections is 24.4 per 100,000, the report said. That's 3.4 times higher than the rate of herpes infections seen in the general newborn male population, which is 8 per 100,000. Other cases of herpes are typically transmitted from mother to infant during delivery.
Neonatal herpes infections is a potentially disabling, life-threatening infection, the report said.
Physicians should counsel parents considering out-of-hospital circumcisions about the risks of direct orogenital suction, and should consider herpes infection when evaluating a newborn male infant with a fever following Jewish ritual circumcision, and inquire about direct orogenital suction, the CDC said.
Mohelim should inform parents about whether they perform direct orogenital suction, and explain the risk of virus transmission, so that parents can choose not to have their newborns exposed, the report said.
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That is disgusting. How do the circumcisers get away with that?
That's just
what the what
my dick fell off reading this article
So the rabbis suck the baby's dick? What the fuck.
[QUOTE=valkery;36242148]That is disgusting. How do the circumcisers get away with that?[/QUOTE]
Religious freedom.
I remember posting a video of a nutter rabbi explaining why they did that months ago and everyone was like WatTheFuck???
[QUOTE=TheSaladMan;36242169]So the rabbis suck the baby's dick? What the fuck.[/QUOTE]
Yeah it's to clean the blood from the wound.
Absolutely barbaric and disgusting.
Perhaps it's not my place to judge and make criticism of a religions culture and tradition, but it seems like suckin' on some bleeding baby penis is one of those insanely dangerous traditions that may be worth dropping.
Even if it's not something like herpes, other, much more deadly viruses could be spread if perhaps the circumciser is ignorant to the state of shit that's in their own body, or perhaps vice versa if the child is plagued with an STI that they picked up from their parents during the pregnancy.
My dick has cringed.
It's people like this that make Religion look bad.
This would be wise to make illegal.
It's worth noting that most Jews *already* don't do this - they're basically the most conservative, even reactionary, branch of the religion.
Do these guys hate people being gay?
Yet they suck the dick of a newborn baby...
yeah, ok I'm done, fuck logic.
What the fuck isn't strong enough, roll out the bb code
[b][i][u]What the FUCK?[/b][/i][/u]
Good, more of a reason to stop this shit.
Wasn't there an article posted fairly recently where this exact thing actually happened?
The government needs to crack down on these cults.
INB4 ATEIST COM AND COMPLANE ABOUT RELIGEN
DOSE ATHEISTS GUYS, AM I RITE
DOSE ATEISTSZ
Already predicting the Cut vs Uncut debacle that always happens with these kinds of threads.
But fuck, that's gross.
[QUOTE=Karmah;36242729]Good, more of a reason to stop this shit.[/QUOTE]
It gives no reason to stop circumcision, you idiot. It's like you didn't even read the article. Circumcision is practiced outside of that. Do you think they suck your penis right after you're born in the hospital?
This has been known about for a while.
When this practice started happening in New York and the infant deaths were attributed to one man performing this vile procedure, Mayor Bloomberg prevented his department of health from doing anything.
The most important thing, he said, was to make sure that freedom of religion wasn't being infringed.
Admittedly this happened during an election year, but still. Wow.
so that's where thisispain got his name from
[QUOTE=Lambeth;36243132]so that's where thisispain got his name from[/QUOTE]
old rabbi's sucking the penises of little boys is nothing to laugh about!!
Now watch as people argue about dick mutilation, just like the last thread.
Suddenly priests ain't got shit on these motherfuckers
[QUOTE=Doneeh;36243196]Now watch as people argue about dick mutilation, just like the last thread.[/QUOTE]
holy moley people arguing on an internet discussion forum
[QUOTE=Sanius;36243209]holy moley people arguing on an internet discussion forum[/QUOTE]
This post is great when I saw your avatar after reading it
[QUOTE=Doneeh;36243196]Now watch as people argue about dick mutilation, just like the last thread.[/QUOTE]
its our annual dick talk, just like our monthly cannabis thread.
Ritual? Hardly such thing
And you all thought the catholics were fucked up.
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