Wrap it up boys, more industry HIV postives pending...[link]
 

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Investigators at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services recently became aware of four cases of HIV infection related to work in the adult film industry. The infections occurred despite a widely adopted voluntary program of HIV and STD testing in the industry.

As reported in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the first identified case was a 40-year-old man who tested HIV-negative on February 12 and March 17, 2004, but tested positive on April 9.

Dr. H. Rotblatt, with the Los Angeles Department of Public Health, and colleagues report that, on April 20, the LA County Department of Health Services started an investigation to identify HIV transmission from this case.

During the time between his two negative tests, the patient had engaged in unprotected sex while producing a film in Brazil. After returning to California he engaged in unprotected sex with 13 female partners, three of whom tested HIV-positive in April and May after negative tests results were obtained one month previously.

HIV strains obtained from the four patients and sequenced by the CDC showed that they were all identical, supporting the conclusion that the male patient was the source of the HIV infection.

In September, the California Department of industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health, cited employers of the workers for failing to comply with the state's bloodborne disease standard, failing to report a serious work-related illness, and failing to prepare and follow a written occupational injury and illness prevention program.

MMWR editors comment that in Los Angeles County there are approximately 200 production companies employing 1200 workers who engage in direct work-related sexual contact, which is often prolonged and performed without condom use.

"In addition to the testing program being inadequate as the sole source of protection from HIV transmission, the costs of testing are typically borne by the workers themselves," the authors note. "The cost burden of health services could cause some workers to reduce the range and frequency of HIV and STD screening or to avoid or delay pursuing vaccination for hepatitis B virus."

They conclude that "workers in this industry need to be made aware of the risks associated with participation in various acts, to be able to participate in decision-making about their health and safety at work, and to benefit from prevention practices."

well think about it on thursday i go get my aim test, friday sat sun i have unprotected sex with the most disease ridden whores i can find . i have a test that says im negative. it doesnt work and 30 days is too long.

For sure.

this always happens when they supposidly 'go to brazil'.

Has anyone else noticed this article is from LAST YEAR it appears someone copied the article about darren james (ie 2004)

I need to get tested for HIV

Problem is our health system doesn't provide easy/cheap medical testing for STDs.

in the us they do but I think aim says its not as effective as their tests.

Glad to see SOMEONE is paying attention :2 cents: Still, it sucks for lara roxx and others who were infected. :(

There is always a risk when you fuck without protection.

ya thats it :1orglaugh

$20 at the local clinic in phoenix. best $20 i have ever spent when i didn't have insurance. now my doc does it for a $15 co-pay every 6 months.

Problem is our health care system doesn't provide common sense to individuals.

cheap testing isn't the total answer.

the real issue is incubation. and with greed being what it is and that fact that it is very difficult to quarantine sex performers on some island and guard them against sexual contact while they wait out the incubation period between sex scenes, you will have infections happening during incubation periods for most STDs including HIV. and HIV is not the most common infection passed between sex workers---probably the insidious chlamydia is---which can really fuckup the female reproductive system over time, but no one hears the press on that---many of the people on this board have this and don't know it right now---it is epidemic in the party sport fucking scene, and easily passed with oral sex.

i'm surprised there aren't many more new infections.

until there is a workable vaccine for HIV (which will probably happen within 5-10 years) this is the lethal russian roulette game of mercenary sex with unknown partners.

2 partial solutions---no condom shooting only for couples who are already in a personal sexual relationship, and condoms for everyone else.

who cares about the aids .. the real concern here is there's an average of 6 performers per production company

Your breaking news is almost 1-1/2 years old. Way to go idiot!

No [link] as indicated in your thread title, so you obviously posted this simply in order to be tonight's drama queen for a day - ladies and gentleman, we have a winner (which in this case is a loser). :321GFY

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Yeah I thought it seemed familiar.

Thats from 2004 last year

The CDC released comments on that incident today.
http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary...tent_ID=240972

By and large the adult industry is responsible and has avoided major outbreaks of HIV (the incidence rates are much lower in the industry than the population at large).

Indeed, it's been almost 1-1/2 years since the last reported industry case, yet the report you cite is designed to prompt further sanctions and government control over the industry.

Seriously, more unarmed people die from cops shooting them than from AIDS in the adult industry - yet you don't see the State legislature getting their panties in a bunch about that.

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