Those are the numbers...but if you scroll down they tell you much, much more. And the treatment they give is an intramuscular injection of penicillin.

As far as I can tell the MSNBC story is (like many MSNBC stories) just not correct. No pill is going to cure it (like the MSNBC story claims)

The CDC is the authority in the U.S.
IF the treatment were to change, then they would say so I would assume.

One thing is for sure though...one intramuscular shot of a specific antibiotic (which the CDC says is penicillin) cures syphilis

I've seen you say that many times in this thread as if you were responding to someone. But I can't find where anybody has said to take antibiotics as a "preventative". (and it's not a "virus")

He is just getting confused because they told everyone to get the shot.

He doesn't understand it isn't a preventative, but that IF everyone or someone has it, that it will put a stop to it all in a week or so, HA.

Just like if I go get tested, they say do you want the pills now, or wait for your test.

Oh I see the confusion.

And yes...you are 100% correct. Anyone who THINKS they might have come in contact should go to the doctor and tell your doctor that you MIGHT have come in contact with it.

Your doctor will test you and treat you even before the test comes back. And this whole thing would be over in a week. No need to have all this discussion and press releases about it (which the govt. is going to use against our industry)

True, I use the word 'virus' in a general way but Syphallis is not a virus.

And I'm getting my threads mixed up, too. LOL In others people were saying how it's "better to be safe than sorry" when it comes to taking these shots. But again i say if you don't have Syphallis then getting a shot will not prevent it and could cause you more problems in the future...

Anyway, we did call the CDC directly and they said that they will be investigating this issue. They also said no Industry should be "policing itself" in cases like this.

The problem, as if it needs to be stated but I'll state it anyway, is that sex workers - many of whom escort - can spread Syphallis MUCH quicker than if it were a case of a "civilian" coming down with this. Shit, most performers escort, do parties, private shoots, on and on, so this could spread like wildfire especially if people think going back to work after 7-10 days means they're healed (which they aren't; 90 days to be safe).

You are correct as well Robbie: IF performers went to their doctors and got treatment this shit WOULD be over in a week etc.

The problem is that the fucktards in this business think taking mandatory shots will innoculate them and then everything will be fine. But they WON'T be fine and will spread this shit unknowingly because they're fucktards.

I'm just waiting for the conspiracy theory to surface that this is a way for those in the adult industry to be dosed with some new virus or libido-reducing agent.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Listen to Dr Robbie kids, I am sure with the years he spent on medical education he knows what is what.

Here's a new wrinkle.

Just read a post by Angel from ExploitedMoms over on Xbiz where he looked up this info:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Will_a_per...#ixzz24Np4mQQR

Looks like if you EVER have syphilis in your entire life, you will ALWAYS test positive even though you no longer have it!
Holy shit.

How the fuck can that be accounted for then? Sounds like Markus is telling the truth if that is the case. And if so...then how would any test for syphilis be reliable?

If this is indeed the case, then it throws the whole idea of testing for syphilis in the toilet.

Syphilis tests don't list as positive or negative, it lists a level of antibodies present. Someone that has been exposed and treated will have a very low number, someone more recently infected and untreated will have a much much higher number.

It's the TYPE of tests they are using. DIFFERANT tests are accurate, the current tests are inadequate.

This is why we called the CDC, so that qualified health professionals can comment on all this. But basically it's this:

IF you had Syphallis in your life then the antibiotics to treat the bacteria is forever in your system (just like when you get a flu shot). But if you think you have Syphallis AGAIN then you need a differant test administered.

This assumes the person getting tested is being honest with the tester and saying if he or she has had Syphallis in the past. What if they don't fess up? Hmmm....

I don't see why they would ever give the test that could be inaccurate. Doesn't make sense.

If there is a test which is accurate for people who have had it in the past, then it seems to me THAT is the test that needs to be industry standard. Am I thinking right on that? Because the scenario of NOT telling that you had it in the past (because of embarrassment) is exactly what Markus said he did.

The urologist's secretary just hanged up on me ...

Exactly. The new test - or maybe not 'new' but 'most accurate' - SHOULD be "Industry standard" but it is not. I'm guessing cost? After all, you can get 'partial' STD tests that some producers/performers will accept while others will not. I know that the 'partial' test is cheaper so perhaps that's the case with the Syphallis tests.

I wonder how often Syphallis is tested for in the US anyway. Perhaps another reason why not all facilities have the most up-to-date tests?

Wait until porn valley gets hit with the drug resistant strains of gonorrhea and chlamydia that we have in Asia. You think you have problems now... you ain't seen nothing yet. It took me 3 months to kill a drug resistant strain of gonorrhea once that I think I picked up in the Philippines.

3 months?

:Oh crap

LA is the Sodom and Gomorrah.

No one in the LA porn industry has self respect or concerns for his or her own life and or health.

Los Angeles is also known as the City of Lost Souls or Lost Angels.

It's all about money and AVN awards.

WAIT

Ok I might be wrong, but the Test everyone is talking about is for anti bodies a quick test, which from a post can always show positive, ok.

Now the Grow test, which takes several days is if the bacteria grow then that is if you do or do not have it, correct???

For those confused about whether there are strains of syphilis that are drug resistant, the answer is: "Yes, but..."

Syphilis is resistant to some antibiotics, but so far as I can tell, there is no data showing that any strain of syphilis is resistant to penicillin G benzathine specifically, and that's the antibiotic of choice for treating syphilis under CDC guidelines.

The best explanation (albeit a sort of technical one) that I've found comes from this article.

Here's the key portion of that article, IMO:

Not exactly light reading, but even with all the jargon and terms of art, you can see what the bottom line is: penicillin G benzathine is the only antibiotic proven to treat syphilis reliably, but there are those who are allergic or otherwise highly sensitive to penicillin, and those who have problems with parenteral administration of drugs (for reasons either medical or psychological), and such patients will often request an alternative to penicillin that might not be effective. It also appears that outside the U.S., the use of penicillin to treat syphilis is not as automatic as it is in the U.S., where physicians are generally going to abide by the CDC recommendations by default.

Yup. I am highly allergic to penicillin so I wasn't able to get that, however, the new strains over here are also resistant to that I read. So now they have a couple of different cocktails to use on people. If one doesn't work, they use another.

The problem is sex tourist destinations like Thailand and Philippines attract guys (whore mongers) from literally all over the world. You have strains of STDs and HIV coming in from Africa, India, China, USA, South America, Europe, then mixing with the local strains, creating super strains that are drug resistant and not always easy to get rid of. Not everyone catches one of the nasty ones, but it is here.

Considering how many US male talent is now coming to Thailand (many come in secret) for either work or holiday and having sex with the girls and ladyboys here, it's only a matter of time before they bring back some really nasty stuff and pass it around porn valley.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...85_634x102.jpg

Mr Marcus takes the blame for syphilis outbreak that closed the industry after hiding his test results.