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}}</ref> As Health Commissioner of New York City, Frieden tried to promote [[circumcision ]] as a way to prevent [[HIV]] in homosexual males.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=McNeil
|first=Donald
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The New York City Health Commissioner at the time, [[Thomas R. Frieden]], wrote a letter to the Jewish community pardoning the [[Yitzhok Fischer| ''mohel'' involved ]] and dropped the matter as not being a New York City public health issue by stating that "[it] is our preference for the religious community to address these issues itself."<ref name='commish-letter'>{{REFnews
|last=Frieden
|first=Thomas R.
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|date=2005-09-21 |accessdate=2022-06-25
}}</ref>