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AIM is the best we can do? I should hope not...lets review what AIM has done so far
By now pretty much everyone who wants to knows who “patient X” is. the also know her partner, the company involved and the director.
No thanks to AIM
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Your seeming dislike for AIM shows clearly in your presumptions. You are a respected figure in this industry.
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So When AIM stated that April 29th was her first test, they lied. Because she has worked in the industry for quite a while. Or maybe she has worked years without a test, which I find unlikely.
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It could have been her first test with AIM.
Have you given that consideration? Or are you stating facts? Who says that she wasn't using a previous testing center prior to that test?
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So that goes back to AIMs strategy of whom they consider to be a direct exposure. They would have to test all of her partners since 3 weeks PRIOR to the April 29th test to cover the possibility that she was already positive at that time but not testing positive.
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Do you have any evidence that AIM is not doing this?
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AIM would have you believe that the 22 positive tests since Darren James were “civilians” and/or people wanting into the industry but not being allowed because they tested positive.
NOT SO says the LA Times as well as my sources. AIM does almost no testing of civilians and almost all of these positive tests were active performers, some in gay porn.
NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN, API, UPI, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and even NPR have all done stories on this and every one has cast AIM in a bad light, very bad.
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As far as I've read about that 'civilian' theory, that was not confirmed.
Your personal sources would be better than mine though, obviously.
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Performers are furious with AIM for putting them at risk and not telling them. There is talk of boycotting AIM and AIM tests.
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Could this be because of the way that this situation was handled? Specifically that
everyone automatically assumed that once a test comes back positive that everyone across the industry, regardless of their exposure level, should have the name, rank and serial # of persons involved.
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AIM is saying the producer director lied about calling them and getting a green light and that they made no mistakes, but they wont release his name and they have reportedly threatened him with legal action if he talks. They have also reportedly threatened the performers if they come forward.
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Look at how this situation has blown up when a third party related information on a public board.
Do you really and truly expect this situation to get better if those persons go public? That would fuel the inferno of conjecture and misinformation being touted around and would worsen the negative press already out there.
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At this point it seems as though one of porn’s most sacred cows is now slaughtered.
What will take its place is any ones guess but Im hearing that L.A. County is going to take over, issuing permits to performers that are in congruence with what prostitutes must do in Nevada, weekly testing for STDs and such. Much more stringent that the current methodology in porn. The state may pass legislation as well and Cal-OSHA will be all over compliance.
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All thanks to "professionals" who instead of doing what other industries have been doing for centuries, decided upon themselves to release information publicly that obviously has damaged the reputation of the industry.
My point is, in case anyone wonders, that the US adult industry has shown how fragmented and fragile it is. Egos, personal opinions and dislikes have gotten in the way of what was supposed to be a meeting of the minds.
What SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED was that Nina would have been able to go to an executive body of persons (representing the entire US industry) who would have then collectively contacted AIM privately so that proper controlled information could have been released to the public. The misinformation started when people on a public forum got emotional and upset at procedures that they did not understand and still do not understand.
It was pretty much a free for all.
Who knows what information is being piped to media outlets at this very moment! Anyone can go up to a media outlet right now and state that they have information about this scenario and throw a serious wrench in everyone's program.
Did anyone think of that? Now do any of you understand how important the control of information is when it comes to business...ANY business?
All that was displayed in this entire scenario is how easily it is to pit adult entertainment companies, staff and members against each other. The US adult industry doesn't stand a chance against mass media if our personal information can be presented and blasted out to the world so easily.
A set protocol for situations like this needs to be outlined and issued to everyone.