• 35:08 - 38:14
Brendon Marotta | American Circumcision, Intactivism, & The Hidden Truth
HIV Prevention Claims and Relative Risk Statistics
The claim that circumcision reduces HIV transmission by 60% is scrutinized as a "relative risk" statistic rather than an "absolute risk" reduction, which is closer to 2%. Marotta points out that the studies supporting these claims were conducted in sub-saharan Africa and may not apply to the U.S. health landscape. He characterizes the push for circumcision as a "cure in search of a disease."