Since I found an article about it I decided to sort of do a follow up to my last blog. Last week I wrote about how 2 major adult video production comapnies had shut down because an adult film star tested positive for HIV. Luckily so far it seems that "patient zero" (the HIV positve adult film star) has not infected anyone (Tate, 2010). Only 1 round of tests have been conducted so far and so far, everyone that has come into contact with patient zero has tested negative. (Tate, 2010). I am so thankful and shocked that no one has been infected. After reading about how in the adult industry there is a lack of condom use on set I thought for sure another person would have been infected. There is so major luck on the side of these adult film stars. Hopefully this will teach everyone in the industry a lesson and condom use will become more common. A persons life is more important than selling an adult video so hopefully everyone gets over their lack of condom use and starts to practice safe sex.
Did You Know?
Cook county prisons in Chicago have received a $7 million grant to study HIV in inmates (AP, 2010). The National Institutes of Health have given the University of Illinois at Chicago this grant in order for them to find better ways to treat and test for HIV (AP, 2010). The researchers will come up with a system to test every inamte as they enter prison for HIV unless they opt out of taking the test (AP, 2010). The researchers aim is to reduce HIV transmission and increase detection of HIV (AP, 2010).
References:
Tate, R. (2010, October 21). Hiv positive porn star miraculously didn't infect anyone else. Retrieved from http://gawker.com/5669223/hiv-positive-porn-star-miraculously-didnt-infect-anyone-else
Associated Press . (2010, October 21). Uic gets $7million grant to study hiv in inmates. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-uic-hivgrant,0,4794583.story
Great post, Ashley. I see you did find a bit more information on this developing story on the adult film industry. I'm glad they have shut down the production in the mean time and I hope this will teach them to practice safer sex by using condoms. You are right, a person's life is more important than making these videos.
ReplyDeleteI liked your post I remember once hearing about how the porn industry tryed introducing condom use in the videos and the "public" didn't like seeing the condom use. I'm sure the "public" wouldn't like being infected either.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see how many opt out. If it too many it will skew the results.
ReplyDeleteAs for the porn start. You have to understand that they make movies that people want to watch. You can't see semen being ejaculated into a condom, so they are not used. If the buying public is paying for the film, they get to call the shots. You won't have a porn industry if everyone stop buying.