| April 16th, 2004 11:15 AM |
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AIDS Scare Shuts Down Porn Films
LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2004
CBS News
Many major pornographic movie producers, including the industry's largest, have agreed to shut down sets for 60 days because two stars tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS.
At least 45 men and women were under voluntary quarantine because they had sex with the HIV-positive performers or their sex partners, said Sharon Mitchell of the nonprofit Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation.
The first performer to test positive was “conscientious” about having HIV tests every three weeks, she said. Last week, he tested positive for HIV and a follow-up test confirmed it, Mitchell said.
Mitchell also confirmed that one of about a dozen women the performer had sex with in films also tested HIV-positive.
The Los Angeles Times identified the performers as actor Darren James and actress Lara Roxx.
A list of quarantined performers was placed on the Web site of the foundation, which screens about 1,200 adult movie performers a month for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
As of Thursday about a dozen adult movie companies had agreed to follow a voluntary moratorium on production until June 8, said Tim Connelly, publisher of the industry news magazine AVN.
Separately, the Times reported that some production companies were continuing to shoot. The newspaper said these companies insisted that the industry was perfectly safe.
For example, Vivid Entertainment Group of Van Nuys said it requires condom use and negative HIV tests within 30 days of the start of production.
Although the quarantine is voluntary, the performers involved won't be working for at least two months, until new tests clear them, Connelly said. It would be “absolutely insane” for companies to hire them earlier, he said.
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of public health and health officer for Los Angeles County, said the agency did not consider the HIV case a threat to public health “at this point.”
“I think in general, they've done an appropriate job in terms of the quarantine measures taken,” he said.
However, the discovery shows that screening programs are not perfect and the only way to prevent AIDS “is not to have unprotected sex.”
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| April 16th, 2004 11:44 AM |
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| Joey |
" Many major pornographic movie producers, including the industry's largest, have agreed to shut down sets for 60 days because two stars tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. "
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| April 16th, 2004 12:02 PM |
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| April 16th, 2004 02:06 PM |
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| Snappy McJack |
How in the hell can you make a living giving facials?
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