The Centers for Disease Control Need to Hear from You Today [UPDATED4]

UPDATE4: The information formerly in this post is now available on the  The CDC/AAP Project page.

UPDATE3: I have reorganized the information below and put it on The AAP Project page, now rechristened The CDC/AAP Project.

UPDATE2: Some people have received form letters from the CDC regarding this issue. We still have time to press the point. I have added additional names, addresses and emails of individuals you may contact regarding the impending endorsement by the Federal Government of male circumcision. This is your government getting deeper into the business of genital mutilation and forced circumcision of children. Form letter added below.

UPDATE: At the end of this post is a list of key people to contact at the CDC and the AAP. Your voice is important. Please write the people speaking in your name.

Visit The CDC/AAP Project

Comments

[Joe]

Where did you hear that the CDC are considering recommending neonatal circ?

[Gillian]

There was a presentation by CDC epidemiologist Peter Kilmarx on “Male Circumcision and HIV Infection” at last week's National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta.

You can see his slide presentation at the condensed link below. See especially Slides 29 and 30, in which the CDC states that the "benefits of neonatal circumcision outweigh [the] risks," and in which "coordinat[ion] with the AAP" is planned.

People at the AAP need to get letters too.

http://tinyurl.com/27a8zw

[IntactwhitemaleUSA]

Pardon me for saying this, but isn't it obivious? Big pharma wants a steady stream of infant prepuces for adult stem cell use. They'll probably get what they want. No better case could be made that the for-profit medical system here in the US is fatally flawed beyond repair: we need some form of medical reform that largely divorces medicine from profit.
Also, a parallel that I've been loath to make thus far: unfortunately, we have a vested interest here in the USA in keeping the drug war going. It's sad, and destroys so many communities from the inside-out, but we can't stop now!!! What are we going to say, "we're sorry" to the millions of addicts that the justice system has thrown in jail over the last 30+ years? We should have been more humane, or thought up a better system of treatment?
Sadly, we are truly becoming more like the wild west every day: everyone has to take responsibility for protecting themselves and their loved ones, because the authorities either can't or won't. Back in the days of the wild west, America was a no-wheres-ville on the world stage. And, it seems, that where we're headed back to.

[IntactwhitemaleUSA]

David!!! What do the form letters say? Why the rush? What's going on NOW!!!