Ultra-Othodox Rabbis still giving babies herpes

[CapnAwesome]

This was the first thing I posted about in Atheist forums back in 2012. I just like to remind people that nothing is being done about it, like at all.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/...ision/amp/

The ancient practice — known as metzitzah b’peh — requires a mohel, the person performing the circumcision, to suck blood from the incision on an infant’s penis.

It has long been linked to neonatal herpes and has consistently raised red flags in the medical community.

The practice continues without restriction in the city after Mayor de Blasio made a pledge to the Hasidic community during his 2013 campaign to lift a requirement of written parental consent.

Health officials sent out an alert to doctors Wednesday about the latest case and urged them to be vigilant.

The infant in the new case was hospitalized for 14 days and was reported to be recovering.


According to the Health Department, 24 cases of herpes have been linked to circumcision since 2000. Two of the infants died and two others suffered brain damage.

Last year, there were two cases. In 2015, there were three cases.

Since 2006, 22 percent of all male neonatal herpes cases were linked to ritual circumcision.

Leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community have opposed any restrictions on the centuries-old ritual as an infringement on religious freedom.

Mohels who perform the circumcisions are not even required to be tested for herpes, according to Health Department rules.

In a bid to restrict the risky procedure, the Bloomberg administration required parents to sign a consent form.

But de Blasio and the city Board of Health scrapped the requirement..

[vulcanlogician]

The practice continues without restriction in the city after Mayor de Blasio made a pledge to the Hasidic community during his 2013 campaign to lift a requirement of written parental consent.

Fur real? Why is written parental consent concerning ANYTHING about an infant to high of a hurdle?

[CapnAwesome]

The practice continues without restriction in the city after Mayor de Blasio made a pledge to the Hasidic community during his 2013 campaign to lift a requirement of written parental consent.

Fur real? Why is written parental consent concerning ANYTHING about an infant to high of a hurdle?

Or more important question, why are old men sucking on blood out of baby dicks with herpe mouth?

[vorlon13]

[CapnAwesome]

Whenever people spout some nonsense about atheist 'extremists' being just as bad as religious extremists, this is what I bring up. There would NEVER be a secular reason to do this.

[Brian37]

Yea well every religion, bar none, have really nutty superstitions and rituals.

[Minimalist]

At least when catholick archbishops suck kids' cocks they aren't in it for blood.

[Chad32]

Whenever people spout some nonsense about atheist 'extremists' being just as bad as religious extremists,  this is what I bring up. There would NEVER be a secular reason to do this.

"Why do you fight against something you don't believe in?" Because people are sucking on baby dicks and giving them herpes, for one thing. This is so gross, I can't fathom why they're still allowed to do it, outside of some weird belief in a being that can't be proven to exist.

[Minimalist]

I can't fathom why they're still allowed to do it, outside of some weird belief in a being that can't be proven to exist.

There are a lot of jews in NYC and they vote.