Originally Posted by davecummings (Post 15959681)

and make an issue out of the PCR by DNA test not being (as LA Health Dept told us it WAS, that night at VCAs studio), the best available test for talent.

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy (Post 15959967)

While we are on the subject, why do YOU think the industry does not test for Hepatitis B or C, given that Hep is also a killer?

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy (Post 15958667)

Back many years ago I caught Jade Marcella working with a bogus AIM test. World Modeling was the agent at the time and neither them or AIM really gave a shit but AIM did say that she had not tested in something like 9 months!!! All the while she had been working in LA with a bogus test and NOBODY, NOT ONE COMPANY OR DIRECTOR SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!!

Of course, this was a while ago and I hope LA has since got its act together, but the sound of all this new crap makes me wonder.

Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude (Post 15959971)

Good question.

If we as an industry united together and insisted upon comprehensive testing, and all paid into a cooperative system, it would be both practical and affordable. :thumbsup

ADG

Originally Posted by STAROTICA (Post 15959978)

correct me if I am wrong but porn was built by shady underworld characters?.mobsters per say?..who by in large initially bankrolled it??now how can you expect ethics from a bunch of people who are already morally bankrupt.

Originally Posted by mikesouth (Post 15959965)

right on DWB and if you can do that why cant the industry as a whole do it.

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy (Post 15959986)

You are correct.

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy (Post 15959958)

Back before I knew the dangers of Hep, I would only test my boys for HIV. (Keep in mind that I fly males in from USA and parts of South America to work in Asia, expenses paid, so it's not cheap) So I had some Brazilians show up and within two weeks one of them got deathly ill. Spent a while in the hospital and it turned out he was in an advanced stage of Hep B. They flew him out in an emergency to be treated in his home country.

Then the drama started.

ALL the models he had worked with were then exposed to Hep B. I had a meeting with a doc who said that if you catch Hep B early enough, the vaccination would work against it if they exposed person got the vac. So we had to track down all these girls this guy had worked with over the two weeks, around 20 of them, and explain what happened and why they needed to go to the hospital and get shots, blah, blah, blah. It was a mess. The girls were livid and rightfully so. I paid for all of it, as I felt it was my responsibility to do so, but still, it was a mess. Then word started getting around that I got some girls sick and for a while it made it tough to get new girls. It's all good now but it was nasty for a while.

Now, all boys are tested for EVERYTHING before their plane ticket is even paid for. Then tested again once they arrive and start work. They hate it but that's the deal. The girls get tested for everything as well. I'd rather not go through all of that shit again, having people get sick on my watch. No thanks. :Oh crap If they want to catch something, they can do so on their own time after I'm done with them, but not on my set.

Honestly, everyone needs to test for Hep B & C. These are quiet killers. Hep B has a vaccination, Hep C does not.

Originally Posted by davecummings (Post 15984020)

Any updates? Mike?