Most if not all those deaths listed were back in the 1980's and 1990's. you have to remember A large number of male performers in porn at that time also did male on male porn shoots at some point in their careers.
Exactly. That doesn't represent the current situation. Not even close.
Since they all get tested once a month, and they are talking about a single film, it is pretty unlikely that she got it on set, otherwise her partners would also be testing positive.
A lot of the performers make most of their money as SPs or in other area's of the adult entertainment industry. They also tend to live less than conservative lifestyles in private. It is far more likely that she contracted the virus outside of her porn career.
The concern of this Bay guy should not be that she got infected on set, but rather that she might have infected someone else.
The blood tests for hiv tests for antibodies, not the virus itself. This means that from the time someone comes in contact AND is infected with the virus, the body can take several weeks to develop the antibodies that are necessary to determine a person has hiv. That leaves a lot of possibility as to who/when/where she was infected.
Second, the fact that she may have been infected does not guarantee a person who had sex with her was automatically infected. It also depends on what type of sex (vaginal or anal) and who is receiving/giving - they all have different risk levels.
But people, you should already know this!!!!!!
Please, hiv isn't something anyone wants but neither is it this boogeyman / death sentence. We have to really get over this irrational panic and fear, as well as the way we see it because it only makes it worse for people who do live with hiv. I have 2 friends who are hiv positive and the difference in how it has affected their lives and their outlook on the future could not be more different - and the reason for it is that one is gay while the other is heterosexual.
The gay (male) community has had no choice but to adapt to the reality that men in their community live with hiv. My friend who is gay did have a period of depression and did struggle - I'm not going to say he didn't. But he has a boyfriend (who is hiv negative) and there isn't this overwhelming feeling that his (social, romantic) life is ruined.
The contrast with my other friend who is heterosexual... To him, as to most of you, it is the absolute end of the world. Because he still thinks of it in terms of how we were made to fear it when it was a death sentence. Probably because the rates of people with hiv are lower in the hetero population, we've never adapted that boogeyman picture and we still think of it as we did. That means that, even though it doesn't really need to be, his chances of getting a girlfriend are really diminished. It's much harder to bring up the subject with a hetero partner, who will also very likely freak out and run away because we haven't changed this outdated belief we have when we think of hiv. That makes hiv still a huge stigma amongst hetero. And I think it's unfair to people with hiv to be made to feel like they're untouchables and their lives are over when clearly that's not true, necessary or useful to anyone.
Come on, people. We're not in 1982 when HIV meant AIDS then death. While no one *wants* HIV, this whole attitude of thinking hiv = end of the world, AIDS, horrible death. No one (at least in developed countries) gets AIDS anymore and people with hiv now will die of old age like most of us.
hiv is now considered a chronic illness - not a terminal disease.
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Being diagnosed as "HIV-positive" means that you have been exposed to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)and that two HIV tests—a preliminary enzyme immunoassay (EIA) test and a confirmatory Western blot test—have both come back positive for antibodies to HIV.
Being HIV-positive means that it is possible for you to pass the virus along to others, including your sexual partners. If you are female, you could also pass it along to your unborn child.
Once you have been infected with HIV, you will always carry it in your body. There is no cure for HIV. It is a serious, infectious disease that can lead to death if it isn't treated.
But many scientific and technological advances have made HIV a chronic manageable disease. Many people with HIV lead healthy, happy, and productive lives and learn how to cope with the disease.
This is why it is so important to know your HIV status. Knowing that you are HIV-positive gives you the ability to protect your own health and the health of your partners and children.
Being HIV-positive does NOT mean you have AIDS. AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV disease. Proper treatment can keep you from developing AIDS.
http://aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/prevention/reduce-your-risk/sexual-risk-factors/index.html
