Gerald N. Weiss: Difference between revisions

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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]].

 

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.

 

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]].

 

 

 

Weiss joined the United States Army as an aviation medical officer in 1945. Later he practiced medicine for about 25 years as a general surgeon in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Later he joined the [https://www.airforce.com/ United States Air Force] as a Flight Surgeon with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

 

}}</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]].