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I've been shooting for a long time and I'm proud to say I have never had a single health incident on-set (knock on wood). The only health issues I even hear about are when females have to cancel one of my scheduled shoots because they contracted something on a big brand set out of LA or Miami. My guess is most of those cases are from off-set but I don't know for sure. It's only happened a few times but in all the cases it was gonorrhea or chlamydia. This test could have prevented those situations and the talent wouldn't be out of work for 10 days. At the end of the day we all want the same thing which is to make some money, have some fun and go home safe.
Body fluids don't bother me a bit and as I mentioned I clean up the majority of the shoot fluids. I can see how some producers don't want to deal with fluids and testing so they can have the talent test their own urine if they want. It's a simple and fast test. They are a bit pricey but it's a business write-off and cheap insurance to protect your talent. Proper safety systems are always layers.
It's an option that I wanted to share so take it with a grain of salt.
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