# Circumcision Reduces AIDS Risk **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-reduces-aids-risk/238018 "2004-04-03T03:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-reduces-aids-risk/238018/1 "2004-04-03T03:53:54Z")
Interesting news to say the least. [Link.](http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2004/03/26/eline/links/20040326elin003.html) > [@](#): > > Circumcised men are less likely to be infected with the virus that causes AIDS because of biological reasons as opposed to less risky behavior, scientists said on Friday. Hmm. Wonder what **JDT** would make of this? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-reduces-aids-risk/238018/2 "2004-04-03T03:56:25Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Hmm. Wonder what **JDT** would make of this? “So, they got to you, too?” He’d likely pshaw it away as part of the Great Circumcision Conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-reduces-aids-risk/238018/3 "2004-04-03T12:14:09Z")
Nothing new - there’s threads you can search for that discuss such claims. It’s irrelevant though, because the _reduced_ risk from Aids isn’t enough to be something you should gamble your life with.