I have spoken to Mike about his reporting of the events in 2004. Of course he had no idea, nor did anyone else, that we were running tests on these old specimens. AIM was never very good at letting people know what they were doing, they lacked heavily in the PR department, and they lacked when it came for standing up for themselves, which was also part of the problem. But the fact is, the entire team involved in 2004, AIM and the lab, did a great job in handling the MEDICAL aspects involved, which is again why the industry politics has to be removed from the MEDICAL needs of performers. Diseases do not have first ammendment rights. Gonnorhea does not know that you are making a porn movie, chlamydia does not know if youre making a porn movie, niether does herpes, HPV, PID,Hepatitis etc. Diseases are not camera shy. The fact that the group that represents PRODUCERS isin charge of the testing program is a joke. The testing system as it is today has nothing to do with healthcare, it is all about a system to help keep the cameras rolling, period, nothing else. Anyone who tells you that a harm reduction program is a first line of defense is one of two things, misinformed, or flat out lying, there is no middle ground here.

Not sure if it will be televised, my plan was to head to the California Assembly website and click the link to the hearing room that lets you listen or watch live depending on audio only or video.

@Lurk –
Is this one going to be televised as before? Know where to watch yet??

And once again the FSC barkers are using scare tactics to garner support…unless a performer is the producer of content they are not in any jeopardy for criminal prosecution!

The bit about health care privacy is bullshit too because the only thing a producer is required to maintain is a record from a licensed healthcare professional that says performer was cleared for work…the same as any other industry. Many industries meet the thirty year requirement by listing the healthcare professional as the custodian of detailed records.

Right now I’m torn between tearing up the bullshit points the FSC is spouting and calling them out for using “overbroad” on 2257 vs the truth…they want to facilitate child porn.

Maybe they need to teach how to put a fucking condom on
and especially when your out escorting for your rent and grocery money and not catching HIV and those other diseases and
bringing back to the industry in between your testing dates.

Remember ladies, if you choose to go for the bill, you will be stalked and harassed by those two Homosexual’s on twitter that are with a
Las Vegas law firm to stalked and belittle you and make you a real bitch for the Industry.

http://www.avert.org/hiv-types.htm
A brief analysis of different strains of HIV.

A person sent me a link to something written by Ernest Greene is 2005, regarding these events. I have no idea why he made these statements, other than maybe he was misinformed of the situation at the time. I cannot imagine that he would intentionally mislead people, but this is what he said,,,,”The window period of the ELISA is still a minimum of six weeks.(incorrect). All the infected performers last spring were still showing negative on the confiratory Elisa we ran a full month after the PCR-DNA test picked up their infections.” (This is not accurate, the PCR test failed to detect 3 of the four, and they all tested postive on the elisa and western blot at the time of their diagnosis.I never saw these purported elisa test said to have been run a month later, and unless AIM had them performed at another laboratory I am unaware of any of the infected individuals being tested by AIM a month after they were diagnosed, and regardlesss, they all tested postive on the elisa at the time of their intitial diagnosis. I have no idea where he got this misinforation.

http://forum.adultdvdtalk.com/atp-ass-to-pussy-controversies/4

I do want to second Danny Davis here, this is excellent information. I still don’t think condoms are the answer but hopefully this changes CET’s methodology so the Brazilian strain is covered. Also, what about John Stagliano? If I recall he was likely infected in Brazil by a prostitute, does he have the same strain of HIV as the 2004 infections? We will probably never know for sure but it is a valid question.

Is this why they ran the ELISA at 7,28,90 and will run it 180 days post exposure for friend who was criminally exposed?

Doc explained some stuff that went over our heads about antigen tests and used the APTIMA 1 & 2 along the way too. Lots of stuff about ruling out different strains that occasionally show up in the US despite being known as African or European. Basically at 90 days he said don’t sweat it cuz she hadn’t shown any acute symptoms but the ELISA at 180 days is definitive.