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Originally Posted by Connor
Hey man, I think you're missing the point. While your logic is MOSTLY sound, here's why naming names does make a difference.
Let's say a performer tests positive for HIV. Taking that performer out of the talent pool is just the first step. You next need to look at everyone who that performer has shot scenes with in the past X days to notify them that they too COULD be infected. Those people need to ALSO be taken out of the talent pool at least until it has been enough time to determine that yes, they are in fact negative. Testing them right away might not produce positive results even if they ARE positive because as someone pointed out, tests might take time. So they need to sit out for a while until they can be completely cleared, otherwise it's possible they too could infect people before a positive test result comes back.
Now, without the name of the original person who tested positive... how are you going to quarantine all of their recent partners? I totally get privacy concerns, but I also get why performers need to be protected from HIV ... and I think that trumps privacy concerns in this industry.
The only reason why I'm not for mandatory condoms is because it won't happen universally no matter what CA politicians do, so why put restrictions on just people in CA? That's the kind of reactionary things that politicians do that never yields positive results. Now, if they can help AIM do the right thing without getting sued... THAT would be helpful.
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I agree, but that goes back to one of my previous statements; that you would/should have to instantly register each scene's date and talent list with a central database, run by AIM or whoever, so that whenever a person tests positive for ANY STD everyone they worked with, and everyone THEY worked with, are instantly and directly informed.
This is the only way that companies like AIM can protect themselves from lawsuits, and it is the only way to maintain SOME privacy rights for performers.
If like you said, Joe Shmoe tests positive, who is AIM going to inform? Are they going to come to GFY and out Joe Shmoe? Then what? Are all producers then going to claim that they shot Joe Shmoe? Who is going to leak the names of the talent that Joe Shmoe shot with, who MAY or MAY NOT have been infected? Are those people going to be happy to see their names publicly displayed for all to see? They would be the folks who tested negative to begin with.
Without a tightly enforced, all encompassing, and frequently updated database for the adult industry, naming names could be just as irresponsible as not naming them.