I can't keep writing long drawn out posts for these...
What I'm gonna do from now on with circumcision mishaps is just write quick blurbs about them unless they warrant longer commentary.
When necessary I'll consolidate.
There's just so many being reported at a time and I just don't have the time to write a post for each and everyone.
Let's see we have a child admitted to the ER in Arizona because he wouldn't stop bleeding...
...and an infection in Illinois the mother wants to sue for.
This last one was actually cropped from the original because it's too graphic to post. If you really want to see it, click here at your own risk. CAUTION: GRAPHIC
You won't find these in the news, because they rarely, if ever, make it.
Instead you'll read about them on Facebook, where they'll surface for a bit while a parent is actually reacting the way they should at every circumcision, and then you never hear about them again. (Perhaps doctors get them to settle and keep quiet about it? Who knows...)
The AAP and friends repeat a 0.2% risk in circumcision complications and they really don't get into what they are.
Is that number accurate?
Has the AAP actually looked into it, or are they just pulling it out of thin air so as to minimize the risk to cover their circumcising members' rear ends?
Circumcision has risks.
They include infection, partial or full ablation, hemorrhage and even death.
Here are yet two more botch cases that have surfaced on the internet.
Is the AAP counting?
Because we are.
Shit floats, and the AAP is going to look very bad if real numbers don't reflect their 0.2% figure.
But even so, what does 0.2% of 1.3 million newborn infants look like?
Unless my math skills completely suck, and someone correct me here, that's approximately 2600 babies that will suffer some sort of mishap.
Really? That's an acceptable risk for an elective, non-medical procedure?
What I'm gonna do from now on with circumcision mishaps is just write quick blurbs about them unless they warrant longer commentary.
When necessary I'll consolidate.
There's just so many being reported at a time and I just don't have the time to write a post for each and everyone.
Let's see we have a child admitted to the ER in Arizona because he wouldn't stop bleeding...
...and an infection in Illinois the mother wants to sue for.
This last one was actually cropped from the original because it's too graphic to post. If you really want to see it, click here at your own risk. CAUTION: GRAPHIC
You won't find these in the news, because they rarely, if ever, make it.
Instead you'll read about them on Facebook, where they'll surface for a bit while a parent is actually reacting the way they should at every circumcision, and then you never hear about them again. (Perhaps doctors get them to settle and keep quiet about it? Who knows...)
The AAP and friends repeat a 0.2% risk in circumcision complications and they really don't get into what they are.
Is that number accurate?
Has the AAP actually looked into it, or are they just pulling it out of thin air so as to minimize the risk to cover their circumcising members' rear ends?
Circumcision has risks.
They include infection, partial or full ablation, hemorrhage and even death.
Here are yet two more botch cases that have surfaced on the internet.
Is the AAP counting?
Because we are.
Shit floats, and the AAP is going to look very bad if real numbers don't reflect their 0.2% figure.
But even so, what does 0.2% of 1.3 million newborn infants look like?
Unless my math skills completely suck, and someone correct me here, that's approximately 2600 babies that will suffer some sort of mishap.
Really? That's an acceptable risk for an elective, non-medical procedure?
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