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The late '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', {{MD}}, ({{LifeData|1923-06-14|2021-12-20}}), was a Jewish medical doctor and advocate of male [[circumcision]]. | The late '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', {{MD}}, ({{LifeData|1923-06-14|2021-12-20}}), was a Jewish medical doctor and advocate of male [[circumcision]]. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Gerald Weiss was born in New Orleans, {{USSC|LA}}, on 14 June 1923 was most likely [[Brit Milah| circumcised]] on the eighth day. | Gerald Weiss was born in New Orleans, {{USSC|LA}}, on 14 June 1923 and was most likely [[Brit Milah| circumcised]] on the eighth day in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]]. He graduated [https://medicine.tulane.edu/ Tulane Medical School] in 1945. | ||
He graduated [https://medicine.tulane.edu/ Tulane Medical School] in 1945. | |||
==Adult life== | ==Adult life== | ||
Weiss's military career took him to Washington, {{USSC|DC}}, where he met and married Elaine Judith Bressler in 1948. They had three children. The Weiss family were | Weiss's military career took him to Washington, {{USSC|DC}}, where he met and married Elaine Judith Bressler in 1948. They had three children. The Weiss family were strong believers in [[Judaism]]. | ||
The Weisses moved to northern Colorado after his retirement where he helped to start [https://templeorhadash.org/ Temple Or Hadash]. | The Weisses moved to northern Colorado after his retirement where he helped to start [https://templeorhadash.org/ Temple Or Hadash].<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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Weiss died in northern Colorado on 20 December 2021 at the age of 98 years. | |||
==Professional life== | ==Professional life== | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> Unfortunately, Weiss's false claims published in an Israeli medical journal served to buttress the equally false claims of [[Aaron J. Fink]] and give them an appearance of credibility they did not deserve and set the foundation for the three African randomized controlled trials that erroneously and falsely promoted male circumcision as a preventative for HIV infection,<ref name="boyle2011">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref> and eventually lead to [[PEPFAR]]. | ||
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{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[Bias]] | |||
* [[Judaism]] | |||
* [[United States of America]] | |||
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* [https://www.vesseyfuneralservice.com/obituary/Gerald-Weiss Gerald N. Weiss Obituary] | * [https://www.vesseyfuneralservice.com/obituary/Gerald-Weiss Gerald N. Weiss Obituary] | ||