Max Roser (2024) - “Many of us can save a child’s life, if we rely on the best data” Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: 'https://ourworldindata.org/many-us-can-save-childs-life-rely-best-data' [Online Resource]
Interesting visualization from the same source:
Is that why circumcision is a thing?
Cut off your son's dickskin so he doesn't die early from whatever he gets up to when he grows up to become a man-slut?
You mean besides the religious ritual aspect and telling people what to do? From a medical perspective that seems to be the whole idea yeah.
These two things are not mutually exclusive. People back in the day were just as smart as us, it's likely they noticed people who had their dick snipped were more likely to not-die, and so it became a religious mandate. A lot of religious dogma has a basis in functional routines or hygiene. Think of how Islam asks you to wash yourself before praying. Yes it is because you're presenting yourself to God, but also because people realized washing yourself often seemed to have a positive effect on your health, maybe you got sick less often, which sounds like a blessing, doesn't it?