Talk:Thomas R. Frieden

Letter

Apparently there was a lawsuit against the mohel initially by the DOHMH, to prevent the mohel from sucking anymore. The lawsuit was later dropped. I think that the mayor (Bloomberg) probably influenced this outcome heavily, as opposed to Frieden (though Frieden did what he was told at the end). The case was allowed to be turned over to them for adjudication and Fischer agreed to stop sucking while a Jewish religious court heard his case; the DOHMH rescinded its ban on Fischer.

• http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2005/09/nyc_mayor_gives.html Bocagrande 03:04, 17 October 2011 (CDT)

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Sources

• http://www.observer.com/node/31983 "The city's health commissioner is attempting to clarify his position on government support for circumcision as a means of reducing the spread of HIV and AIDS"
• http://www.joi.org/bloglinks/nytimescircblog.html New York City Plans to Promote Circumcision to Reduce Spread of AIDS
• http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/std/std-syphilis.pdf "Ask your doctor about circumcision. It may help protect men against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases."
• http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/std/std-bris-commishletter.pdf "... there is no reasonable doubt that the practice of metzitzah b’peh (“suction by mouth”) has infected several infants in New York City with the herpes virus, including one child who died and another who has evidence of brain damage."

Here's some content.--Mazzera 23:27, 11 May 2011 (CDT)