My contribution to the Metzitza Bapeh controversy:

Here's the truly American tradition:
[Oregon]State teacher commission probes wound-licking practice by coach. A few quotes from the story:
The coach has “licked blood from several students.” [A parent complained that] the coach should have already been well informed about the potential dangers of bodily fluid contact, since the school district policy conducts annual bloodborne pathogen training sessions for teachers. Hepatitis, meningitis and HIV are among serious infectious diseases that could possibly be transmitted through such contact.”
Public health officials say saliva-to-blood contact probably poses only a slim risk, but that [the coach’s] action violated standards for handling of bodily fluid that have been taught in basic first-aid classes for more than a decade.