So today the New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Frieden issued a memo talking about the media's misrepresentation around his reported plans to roll out a circumcision program in NYC, in part saying, "we have not suggested or
planned any initiative or campaign. Quite to the contrary, I indicated in an interview with the New York Times (the source of the misrepresentation) that I very much doubted that even 1% of men at high risk in NYC would undergo the procedure." Click here for the full memo in PDF format. A couple of community forums are being planned, sources say the first will be at NYC's LGBT Center on April 26th from 6-8p with more forums coming to the Bronx and Brooklyn.---Jim
ps - check out the mothership of the International Rectal Microbicide Working Group for more info on circumcision - www.IRMWG.org - on the right side of the page under "additional info."
