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    Default STD's in the porn industry [aka, because she asked it to be posted in a new thread]

    Quote Originally Posted by cameron_keys View Post
    now please...if there is to be a discussion about porn or STD's in the industry...start a new thread. Dont derail this one any further. This thread is about the Bunny Ranch, period. Let's stop the threadjack. I refuse to post anything else except the topic at hand any longer. Mods...if you get a chance..can you clean this thread of the t/j posts? Including my own.

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    AGAIN...I never said there was nobody in porn with STD's..of any kind. I said I PERSONALLY have never come across anyone with herpes because I'm vigilant about testing and will not shoot with anyone who is even rumered to have anything.
    Ok. Please understand that I was taking you as literally written. Meaning I understood, "Never came across...", not to mean you chose not to work with someone you knew had it, but to literally mean you've never met anyone who ever tested positive in the porn industry. Which is why I said that with all the people working in porn in front of the camera, and a 1:6 national infection ratio, the odds of never having met someone who is infected with the herpes-2 virus is pretty small, bordering on implausible.

    My ONLY point about this was that the STD rate in porn is less then the general population. This is a fact.
    Ok, you are stating something to be empirical. I am going to have to ask you to cite where it is credibly written that the porn industry, as a whole, experiences less STD's per capita than the general public? I'm only asking what I would be willing to provide myself if I made a statement like that.

    Because of testing and how vigilant most people in the industry are about these things, knowing that if they catchanything...especially something like herpes that cant be cured...they will be blackballed in the industry and it will be extremely difficult to get hired. Nobody but the drugged out imbeciles will take that chance with their career.
    While I certainly know of cases where individuals have been effected by public knowledge of their HIV or Hep status, I have never heard of a single individual who was blacklisted due to knowledge of a Herpes infection. Could you state who such a person might be, where it is openly acknowledged that they can't get work in a porn film because they are Herpes-2 infected? [Sharon Mitchell, herself, states she was infected with Herpes-2 from work she did in the porn industry]

    Note: You stated these things as empirical data. You can't make comments like that and than walk away from them, leaving them to hang in the air with only "because I said so" as their reason for being worthy of consideration. If you make comments like that it is fair for others to ask you to cite your sources.

    I only say the above because I've seen you cross swords with people before when they've politely suggested you've gone beyond what you can prove in your statements and you tend to get a bit testy with them, bordering on out-right mean-spirited.

    I'm stating up front this isn't a personal thing. I'll call anyone out on something they state as ABSOLUTE FACT when it doesn't match my understanding of things as they stand. And I'll frequently cite my sources up front and won't take offense if asked when I haven't. I will even acknowledge if I am wrong, or thank someone for providing me with new or better information, if met with better data than my own in response to my queries.

    In other words, I PLAY FAIR and I expect the same from others.

    That said: Care to respond to the above?
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    BTW, while we are on the subject, is it needed to point out the obvious: That it is just possible that if you are willing to judge the worth of someone simply by what you read on a website about them it might say a whole hell of a lot more about you than it says about the person you are judging?

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    I'm curious as to the purpose of this post. Thoes of us that do work in the porn industry know the risks.

    I have never come across in my short stint of doing porn anyone that was infected. As test results are shared with each co worker before any filming begins. It seems to me that your just trying to stir the pot so to speak and get more arguments going.

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    OK..first of all I am never mean spirited or "testy". I just do take personal offense to people who make statements about an industry they know nothing about.

    I will find empirical data...for now,take this into consideration....think of all the people in the world infected with HIV. Even just in the US. There have been TWO HIV outbreaks in the porn industry in 2 decades affecting less then a dozen people. And thats just HIV. Its common sense that people who are tested every 28 days will have less of an incidence of STD's then the general population..many of whom are having unprotected sex with multiple partners in their lifetime without EVER getting tested.

    I wont name names on a public forum...but yes, I know of quite a few people who are blackballed in this industry because of Herpes alone. Now, that doesnt mean they dont work. There will always be people who dont care and will shoot with them. But the industry as a whole will shun them. I personally have cancelled several shoots when a up to date clean STD test couldnt be provided or there was so much as a rumor of an STD.

    And I agree with Crow. Other then deliberately trying to make me angry and insult me...what was the point of this?

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    Because the statements you've made are in direct contradiction to information I've heard about the industry from acquaintances of mine who are involved in the production and distribution ends of it, as well as of articles in respected publications [I'm not talking AVN, I'm taking like this quote from a "Guardian Unlimited" article published in 2001.]

    Chloe, a porn actress in the U.K.: "I have herpes," said Chloe as she drove me to a smoker-friendly bar. "After you've been in this business for a while, you have herpes. Everyone has herpes. On the set sometimes you'll say to a guy, 'What's this?' And he'll say, 'What? That? It's a fuck sore.' And it may well be a fuck sore, what with all the traffic. But it's more likely to be a herpes sore, and that guy shouldn't be working. My movies are all-condom, but condoms won't protect you from herpes. They don't cover the base. Sometimes when you're doing girl-girl you'll say, 'Honey, I think you should go and see someone.' It can be a very stinky scene down there. I'll send her to a porno-friendly doctor (the others treat you like shit) and she'll come out holding her Flagyll prescription with multiple refills."

    And this from "HerpesNation.com": "No Porn Stars will admit they have Herpes. The Porn industry does not even test for it. "

    Which is indicative of the kind of stuff I've seen quoted by other actors and actresses in the U.S. porn industry as well as agencies and support groups that deal with herpes issues about what goes on in the porn industry.

    This is 180 degrees opposite of what you are telling us, and I just like to know whose publishing the straight skinny: You, or they?
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    Cameron, you made me think of something that GR obviously forgot.. Whom in their right mind is going to come on a public forum and blab about exactly why they can't work? Infection is not the only reason one can be blackballed from porn.

    As I stated before and you obviously missed it. The porn industry is a small community as everyone knows everyone else. News spreads like wildfire.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crow2 View Post
    I'm curious as to the purpose of this post. Thoes of us that do work in the porn industry know the risks.
    The purpose is precisely as written. We weren't talking about specific individuals knowing the risks involved. We were discussing certain facts about prevalence and testing and whether they were accurate or not. Some folks were saying one thing. Others another.

    I'm just asking specific questions to get to the source of what is accurate.

    When you are posting on a website that supports one section of the sex industry you have to assume people may be taking note of information supplied about another section of the sex industry on it. They may even take some of the stuff written to heart and use it as a basis to decide if they want to work in that other section of the industry or not.

    Thus we should try, when making statements of this sort, to be accurate because what we say might be effecting others' decision making process.

    I have never come across in my short stint of doing porn anyone that was infected. As test results are shared with each co worker before any filming begins. It seems to me that your just trying to stir the pot so to speak and get more arguments going.
    Like I said, as far as I know from my very limited direct knowledge from friends in the industry and my much wider reading on the topic, the porn industry as it is practiced in the area that supplies most of the product in distribution [Southern California] doesn't even test for Herpes.

    If you know better and can say why you do I'd be very happy to "sit corrected".
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    BTW, while we are on the subject, is it needed to point out the obvious: That it is just possible that if you are willing to judge the worth of someone simply by what you read on a website about them it might say a whole hell of a lot more about you than it says about the person you are judging?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cameron_keys View Post
    OK..first of all I am never mean spirited or "testy". I just do take personal offense to people who make statements about an industry they know nothing about.
    Ok, than let me rephrase.

    I have noted in exchanges with others that when they question, even politely, things you have had to say which you state to be fact that you tend to be relatively short with them, not give them any credit for what they may know for themselves or have read, and basically told them where to get off or accused them of ulterior motives [other than just seeking the truth].

    [We don't have to debate this point as it isn't germane to the topic and I am sure we will disagree, so lets agree do so politely up front instead of muddying the water with it - I just stated it to exclaim why I would bother putting a disclaimer in front of a benign post in the first place.]

    I will find empirical data...
    Understand, you already stated your information was empirical when you said, "That is a fact." What I asked for was what hard evidence you are willing to give other than "because you say that it is so". Which is fine, but should be stated up front so people can gauge the value of the information being presented.

    for now,take this into consideration....think of all the people in the world infected with HIV. Even just in the US. There have been TWO HIV outbreaks in the porn industry in 2 decades affecting less then a dozen people. And thats just HIV. Its common sense that people who are tested every 28 days will have less of an incidence of STD's then the general population..many of whom are having unprotected sex with multiple partners in their lifetime without EVER getting tested.
    I think it is a good point but I don't think it trumps the data coming out of the CDC or the AMA about the state of herpes infection in the U.S in general, or AIM about the porn biz in particular. Mostly because it is my understanding, and no one has cited any info yet to state differently, that the porn industry as represented by the main production houses don't seek or require testing for HSV or HPV.

    I wont name names on a public forum...but yes, I know of quite a few people who are blackballed in this industry because of Herpes alone. Now, that doesnt mean they dont work. There will always be people who dont care and will shoot with them. But the industry as a whole will shun them. I personally have cancelled several shoots when a up to date clean STD test couldnt be provided or there was so much as a rumor of an STD.
    Ok that is about you, personally, and I commend you for it. We all were talking about the porn biz in general though.

    And I agree with Crow. Other then deliberately trying to make me angry and insult me...what was the point of this?
    Like I said above. I don't see seeking the truth as the equivalent of "stirring the pot", trying to make anyone angry or insult anyone. If you do I am sorry, but that isn't my fault.
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    BTW, while we are on the subject, is it needed to point out the obvious: That it is just possible that if you are willing to judge the worth of someone simply by what you read on a website about them it might say a whole hell of a lot more about you than it says about the person you are judging?

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    from AIM:
    "At the end of 2003 and estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the US were living with HIV/AIDS, with 24-27% undiagnosed and unaware of their HIV infection.

    In 2004, the estimated number of diagnoses of AIDS in the US was 42,514. Adult and adolescent cases totaled 42,466 with 31,024 cases in males and 11,442 cases in females.

    The cumulative estimated number of diagnoses of AIDS through 2004 in the US is 944,305. Adult and adolescent AIDS cases total 934,862 with 756, 399 cases in males and 178, 463 cases in females."

    These number are SIGNIFICANTLY lower then the dozen or so people in the industry who have been infected in the last decade. So...944,305 vs 12 = the industry has less infected people then the general population.


    AGAIN..for the THIRD time. I NEVER said that nobody in porn had any STD's. I SAID that it is less people then the general population...PERIOD. Why is this so difficult to understand???

    People get blackballed in this industry in a heartbeat...for doing a bad scene, for being on drugs, for having an STD...that isnt to say these people can never work again, but their options will be severely limited.

    And as far as me...you can see me as "testy" if you like.I dare say that if someone called YOU an STD infected whore(which is basically what was happening before by default) you might defend yourself and be a bit slighted by that. When someone attacks my industry, and therefore myself, completely unprovoked and uninformed...why should I coddle them like a baby? If someone wants to make accusations...you have to be prepared to back that up or risk angering people.

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    Oh..and BTW..thank you for taking this to a new thread so the other doesnt continue to get derailed.

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    I think this is an interesting conversation, but is it only including the US sex industry? Because in Eastern Europe, they don't bother with these things, and young girls get STD's all the time. What comprises the porn industry that we are discussing?

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    I can only discuss the US as I've never worked abroad and therefore have no personal knowledge on how the industry works there. I do know that the last HIV outbreak was brought back from a performer who worked in, I believe Brazil,during the off season.

    By all means...discuss it worldwide. I just wont jump in since I dont feel comfortable commenting on a part of the industry I dont know anything about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cameron_keys View Post
    http://www.medhelp.org/forums/STD/messages/458.html

    from AIM:
    "At the end of 2003 and estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the US were living with HIV/AIDS, with 24-27% undiagnosed and unaware of their HIV infection.

    In 2004, the estimated number of diagnoses of AIDS in the US was 42,514. Adult and adolescent cases totaled 42,466 with 31,024 cases in males and 11,442 cases in females.

    The cumulative estimated number of diagnoses of AIDS through 2004 in the US is 944,305. Adult and adolescent AIDS cases total 934,862 with 756, 399 cases in males and 178, 463 cases in females."

    These number are SIGNIFICANTLY lower then the dozen or so people in the industry who have been infected in the last decade. So...944,305 vs 12 = the industry has less infected people then the general population.


    AGAIN..for the THIRD time. I NEVER said that nobody in porn had any STD's. I SAID that it is less people then the general population...PERIOD. Why is this so difficult to understand???
    Cameron, you keep wanting to make this about HIV because it fits the point you are trying to make. If this was about HIV though we wouldn't be discussing this now as I would agree and this thread never gets started. Where you and I started this convo had nothing to do with STDs in general or HIV in particular.

    It was about HSV when you said you never met anyone in the industry who had a Herpes infection and I responded by saying that was statistically improbable given that 1:6 people in the U.S. has genital herpes. Then you went on to say they test for it, to which I responded that as far as I know no major production house tests for Herpes [and I added HPV] in their screening. AIM suggests it but doesn't require it. Then Katrine added she had also heard they didn't require testing for HSV or HPV, and that since they don't require testing for it, it would be very hard to know whether or not performers in porn have lesser or higher ratios for HSV and HPV infection than the general public. I agreed and on we rolled to we reached this point here.

    So what you say above is all find and dandy and again, I even agree with it. It has nothing to do with what got this thread rolling in the first place though.

    So, please, if you have any info or cites that state the major porn production houses [Wicked, Vivid, yadda, yadda, etc] demand their performers show up on set with valid, current, STD testing that INCLUDES HSV AND HPV status, or an example of a performer who was blocked from being in a production in one of their movies for having Herpes... I have an open mind and I am waiting to hear your proof to back up what you said.

    Sincerely and respectfully.

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    Oh..and BTW..thank you for taking this to a new thread so the other doesnt continue to get derailed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katrine View Post
    I think this is an interesting conversation, but is it only including the US sex industry? Because in Eastern Europe, they don't bother with these things, and young girls get STD's all the time. What comprises the porn industry that we are discussing?
    I mentioned that in the other thread, and I hear it the same way, though my example was Brazil.

    What I originally based my reply to Cameron and Crow on was my understanding of the specifics as practiced in the Southern California. Which, unless the industry has changed and my friends in it haven't told me about it, is where the big production houses are all located.

    No, seriously, while I am aware of there being outlets of the biz is FLA and NY I know nothing about how they work [well, a little about NY but only because I have a friend who is involved in the web industry there]. It is just that when anybody I know connected with the porn business says. "The Porn Business", [in caps] they always mean Southern California. So that is what, and where, I am talking about.
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    BTW, while we are on the subject, is it needed to point out the obvious: That it is just possible that if you are willing to judge the worth of someone simply by what you read on a website about them it might say a whole hell of a lot more about you than it says about the person you are judging?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Golden_Rule View Post
    Cameron, you keep wanting to make this about HIV because it fits the point you are trying to make. If there was about HIV though we wouldn't be discussing this now as I would agree. Where you and I started this convo had nothing to do with STDs in general or HIV in particular.

    It was about HSV when you said you never met anyone in the industry who had a Herpes infection and I responded by saying that was statistically improbable given that 1:6 people in the U.S. has genital herpes. Then you went on to say they test for it, to which I responded that as far as I know no major production house tests for Herpes [and I added HPV] in their screening. AIM suggests it but doesn't require it. Then Katrine added she had also heard they didn't require testing for HSV or HPV, and that since they don't require testing for it, it would be very hard to know whether or not performers in porn have lesser or higher ratios for HSV and HPV infection than the general public. I agreed and on we rolled to we reached this point here.

    So what you say above is all find and dandy and again, I even agree with it. It has nothing to do with what got this thread rolling in the first place though.

    So, please, if you have any info or cites that state the major porn production houses [Wicked, Vivid, yadda, yadda, etc] demand their performers show up on set with valid, current, STD testing that INCLUDES HSV AND HPV status, or an example of a performer who was blocked from being in a production in one of their movies for having Herpes... I have an open mind and I am waiting to hear your proof to back up what you said.

    Sincerely and respectfully.




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    I cited HIV because it is the most serious and thus the most documented. AIM does not require HSV or HPV testing. But many studios and talent DO require it. Some people wont shoot you if you are not tested for herpes(HPV is not tested because there is no test for males and thus the point is pretty much defeated). There are actors who wont work with someone who isnt tested for herpes. So you dont have to, but you risk limiting your work if you dont.Therefore many performers choose to include it on their test.
    So when you consider the fact that a higher percentage of porn performers are regularly tested for it then the general population...yes, I'd say the risk is lower. It is still there...whever you have sex, no matter what precautions you take...you risk contracting something. But having sex with people who are tested is less of a risk then having sex with people who arent. And your average dater isnt getting tested every 28 days

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    Quote Originally Posted by cameron_keys View Post
    But many studios and talent DO require it. Some people wont shoot you if you are not tested for herpes...
    You said this before but that isn't proof unless you say what studios and/or what talent [and it would have to be someone who could close down a production if they refused to work with the other talent] won't work with people who haven't been tested for herpes.

    Than anyone who wants [including myself] can check the statement made with the industry folks they know, or the studio itself, etc, and determine the validity of it. Then its, you know... proof.

    Other wise, and again I mean this in the nicest, most respectful way: It is simply a variation of, "Because I said so."
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    I really question the idea of porn people being so much less likely to be at risk of contracting something than the general population.

    My reason is because while some or even most US manstream porn performers may get tested every month- aren't they also are exposed to many, many more sexual partners than the average non porn performer?

    That said, we all take different risks in life so please don't think I am passing any judgements here because I am not, I just find this debate interesting.

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    so far as i can tell, american porn performers unhappy with working in the industry claim STDs are rampant, and american porn performers happy with working in the industry claim there is minimal risk of STDs.

    this is based on reading articles and statements from both kinds of american porn performers and is thus completely anecdotal.

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    Maybe this will resolve some of the issues for you:



    Testing protects the performer population more than the individual.
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    I was thinking of the Belladonna incident as well. She is my myspace friend, and there was a lot of drama after she came out and announced what had happened.

    Almost everyone I know has had an oral HSV outbreak at least once. Like me, most have had since childhood, and not from sexual activity. Why should the porn population be different? Genital HSV can be caused by oral sex with someone with a regular mouth cold sore.

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    Cameron - I'm sure you never engage in unsafe sex professionally; but I'm pretty sure that it is not uncommon - I'm doing a lot of reading about workplace hazards in the sex trade. For example after the outbreak in 2004 the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation estimated that condom use briefly went up to 22% from 17%. Annabel Chong (who might not be the greatest example) said that during her gang bang only the non-professionals had to wear condoms because the professionals were tested and clean. The suggestion that legislation should be passed making porn sets and studios follow the state's bloodborne pathogens standard was not met with friendly or attentive ears, with porn studios more or less challenging the ability of the state to make them use condoms.
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    AGAIN ,,, Cali is not the only place porn is made. Did you add that into your info.

    *sigh *


    If your not in the industry why do you care? Plus. Why do you seem so eager to prove the people who work in porn are all infected?

    I know quite a few people that, in 5heir private lives guard their health like Momma Creole over her gumbo and yes, They do porn.

    Of course not everyone is that vigalent. Some people just don't care. That's why infected porn stars still get work. Thoes of us that do care can only do so much.

    So, what gives exactly? Are you on a crusade? Writing a book or is it just downright morbid curiousity?

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    I'm not going to name names on a public google-able forum. It would be career suicide. You're just going to have to trust the word of someone IN the industry who deals with and sees it EVERY DAY firsthand rather then place your trust in hearsay or what random info you can find on the net. ANYONE can find documentation on the net "proving" anything. Are strippers all STD infected crackwhores? Absolutely if you believe some things you read on the internet.

    I'm not sure why you are SO adament and eager to prove this point. Will it make you feel somehow safer or more moral? I'm really not sure why you are so hot to "prove" that info you heard from random sources that may or may not be connected to the industry over someone you KNOW is in it and sees it all firsthand. Or is just about proving ME wrong? You obviously have issues with me for whatever reason....not sure why but I hope you get over it because it does nobody any good to stir the pot on an internet forum with someone you dont even know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Golden_Rule View Post
    You said this before but that isn't proof unless you say what studios and/or what talent [and it would have to be someone who could close down a production if they refused to work with the other talent] won't work with people who haven't been tested for herpes.

    Than anyone who wants [including myself] can check the statement made with the industry folks they know, or the studio itself, etc, and determine the validity of it. Then its, you know... proof.

    Other wise, and again I mean this in the nicest, most respectful way: It is simply a variation of, "Because I said so."
    Actually - don't you think it would pretty silly for Cameron to trust your second and third hand anecdotal information rather than, you know... her own first hand anecdotal evidence? I'm just saying. It's not like you've presented "proof" of anything. You've just engaged in a typically male conversation pattern and demanded that someone refute your intuition that is vaguely supported by "some people you know" who are "related to the industry". So I have a better idea. Why doesn't Cam take a turn being the guy; now you prove that what she is claiming is inaccurate. We want proof that no studio has ever had to stop filming because of these STIs. Present your facts and then we will determine the validity of it, and let you know if it is adequate "proof". Go.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Katrine View Post

    Almost everyone I know has had an oral HSV outbreak at least once. Like me, most have had since childhood, and not from sexual activity. Why should the porn population be different? Genital HSV can be caused by oral sex with someone with a regular mouth cold sore.
    The only reason I say it is less likely in the industry is because there is a MUCH higher percentage of people who get tested for it regularly then there is in the general population. If even 50% of porn performers are tested for herpes, and 15% of the general population is tested regularly for herpes....well..it's pretty easy to do that math.

    "A study led by Dr. Herbert Kaufman, Boyd Professor of Ophthalmology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, published in the January issue of Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, found that 98% of the participants who are healthy individuals with no evidence of any symptoms did in fact shed herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1) DNA in their tears and saliva at least once during the course of the 30-day study."

    ""About what percentage of actors and actresses in the industry are infected with various STDs, such as herpes, HIV, etc.?"
    Sharon Mitchell: "A very small percentage. Less than 7% HIV, and 12-28% STDs. Herpes is always about 66%. People are medicated with acyclovir for herpes, which is very effective in preventing the herpes outbreaks. Chlamydia and gonorrhea, however, along with hepatitis, seem to stick to everything from dildos to flat surfaces to hands, so, pardon my expression, but we are usually up to our a**es in chlamydia."
    Court TV Host: "Those are all pretty high percentages, though?"
    Sharon Mitchell: "Not when you consider that 700 people per month in the San Fernando Valley are working with each other. Most of these are co-infections. We are a partner notification facility, and all partners are located, detected and treated within one day of the original infected person coming forward."


    So...98% vs. 66%..theres empirical data for you!

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    PS..thanks Jenny! Much appreciated!

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