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One Thomas R. Frieden, M. D., M. P. H., then New York City Health Commissioner, in an open letter to the Jewish community reported that one death and brain damage in another has had occurredand warned against the practice of ''metzitzah b’peh''.<ref name="frieden2005">{{REFdocument
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|title=An open letter to the Jewish Community from the New York City Health Commissioner
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214110055/http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/std/std-bris-commishletter.pdf