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Uncircumcised infants are at a slightly higher risk for urinary tract infections due to urine trapped under the foreskin. Phimosis, penile cancer, etc. are also strikes against foreskins. Circumcision, being a medical procedure, has a risk of complications and infection. When balanced against the other, circumcision comes out a fraction of a percent ahead.
STD infection rates are irrelevant to a discussion of infant circumcision. Furthermore, if I ever heard anyone say "I don't need a condom, I'm circumcised." I would smack them.
Even if it were a completely painless (they have improved local anesthetics coming into use) procedure, there is no particularly good reason to remove a functioning piece of a kids genitals. None.
Do learn about the proper care of a normal infant penis, though, if you choose to leave your kids intact.
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