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'Very strong evidence' showing porn film actor contracted HIV on set sparks health warning Porn actor sparks health fears after 'contracting HIV on film set while not wearing a condom'
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Public health officials in California issued an alert today after finding “very strong evidence” that an adult film actor became infected with HIV on an out-of-state shoot as a result of unprotected sex. Public health officials in California issued an alert today after finding “very strong evidence” that a pornographic actor became infected with HIV on a film set as a result of unprotected sex.
The Department of Public Health said the man tested positive for the virus, that can lead to Aids in the final stages of the disease, after having sex with several other male actors during two separate film shoots in Nevada. The Department of Public Health said the man tested positive for the virus, that can lead to Aids in the final stages of the disease, after having “unprotected sex” with several other male actors during two separate film shoots in Nevada.
The actor, who has not been named to protect his identity, is said to have tested negative before the shoot but the alert states that a test can show up as negative in the early stages “even though the actor really does have HIV.”The actor, who has not been named to protect his identity, is said to have tested negative before the shoot but the alert states that a test can show up as negative in the early stages “even though the actor really does have HIV.”
“During the second film shoot, he had symptoms of a viral infection,” the alert states. “The actor went to a clinic and had another blood test that showed he had recently become infected with HIV.”“During the second film shoot, he had symptoms of a viral infection,” the alert states. “The actor went to a clinic and had another blood test that showed he had recently become infected with HIV.”
One actor from the second shoot has since tested positive for HIV and laboratory results show that he “probably transmitted” the virus to the other man, according to the health department. Another actor from the second shoot has since tested positive for HIV and laboratory results show that he “probably transmitted” the virus to the other man, according to the health department.
A California-based trade group for the adult film industry declined to comment to requests made by Associated Press.A California-based trade group for the adult film industry declined to comment to requests made by Associated Press.
“It's happened before, it's happened now, and it will happen in the future,” said Michael Weinstein, president of the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation. “The big lie the industry has been saying all these years, there are no on-set transmissions, has been proven to be untrue.” “It’s happened before, it’s happened now, and it will happen in the future,” said Michael Weinstein, president of the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation. “The big lie the industry has been saying all these years, that there are no on-set transmissions, has been proven to be untrue.”
Pornographic film actors in Los Angeles County have been required to wear condoms since legislation passed in 2012 with lobbying from the porn industry who say that having actors use condoms would apparently disrupt with the audience's suspension of belief. Pornographic film actors in Los Angeles County have been required to wear condoms since legislation passed in 2012 in the face of lobbying from the porn industry who say that having actors use condoms would apparently disrupt with the audience’s suspension of disbelief.
They also claim that HIV testing is required every 14 days, an increase made last year from the previous once a month after a porn actress using the name Cameron Bay contracted the virus. The last confirmed on-set HIV infection was in 2004. They also claim that HIV testing is required every 14 days, an increase made last year from the previous once a month after a porn actress using the name Cameron Bay contracted the virus.
The last confirmed on-set HIV transmissions were in 2004 when actor Darren James had caught it from having unprotected sex with a porn actress in Rio de Janeiro. It is not confirmed if any had been infected by him.
Around 27 porn stars died from infection during the peak of an outbreak between 1985 and 1989.
“Whatever unique message plaintiffs might intend to convey by depicting condomless sex, it is unlikely that viewers of adult films will understand that message,” Judge Susan P. Graber wrote in the ruling.“Whatever unique message plaintiffs might intend to convey by depicting condomless sex, it is unlikely that viewers of adult films will understand that message,” Judge Susan P. Graber wrote in the ruling.
Several porn-making companies moved their set-ups out of the county to dodge the safety requirement with the number of permits to make adult films has plummeted from 485 two years ago to 40 last year.Several porn-making companies moved their set-ups out of the county to dodge the safety requirement with the number of permits to make adult films has plummeted from 485 two years ago to 40 last year.