Moratorium on US produced porn

[milomak]

Thought it may be of interest to some.

Some of the concerns around testing in the industry are quite interesting.

Jolted by the possibility of a syphilis outbreak among its ranks, a Los Angeles-based trade group that represents the adult film industry announced a nationwide moratorium on X-rated productions while more than 1,000 porn performers are tested.

The Free Speech Coalition issued the call on its website after reporting that one performer tested positive for syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, and had begun notifying sexual partners of that information.

The moratorium was announced Saturday, a day after Los Angeles County's Public Health Department said it was investigating a cluster of possible syphilis cases within the porn industry. The agency said it had received reports of at least five cases involving adult performers within a week.

The head of the coalition would not agree to an interview, but on its website, the group said that it was calling for a temporary halt to film shoots while the "entire population" of performers is examined by doctors.

"If we look at the fact that syphilis has up to a 90-day incubation period and the fact that the industry only tests these employees every six months … a person could go as long as nine months without being diagnosed" with syphilis, he said.

full story - http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-syphilis-20120821,0,3581366.story

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

 

[Azbubu]

lol who watches US porn?? noobs.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Lovely stuff that : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis

 

[Gielie Geelmielie]

Yuk!

 

[chrisc]

I am surprised that it didn't break out years ago, the way the performers carry on. Soon there will be anti-biotic resistant syphilis and maybe that will stop the porn industry. Certainly the internet would go faster if 3 out of 5 sites were not porn. King Henry V had it and he died a madman at a young age

 

[LazyLion]

Terrible Disease!

 

[sal12344]

Killed Al Capone too so makes it more powerful than the TaxMan that locked him in Jail.

 

[thestaggy]

I guess that is the risk you take if condoms ain't your thang. To be honest though, considering the industry, these scares are scarce.

 

[Rands]

Al Capaone died of syphilis. You learn something everyday!

 

[Garson007]

It's curable though, right?

 

[porchrat]

It's curable though, right?

Yup. Good old penicillin itself is effective.

I can't think about Syphilis without thinking about Tuskegee.

 

[LazyLion]

It's curable though, right?

Yes, but hopefully there is no lasting damage before the treatment kicks in.

 

[WaxLyrical]

There's a new STD that attacks the nose.

its called sniffilis.

 

[Beri]

lol.....a long story made short

 

[Maddmatt]

Oh no, what a terrible tragedy! Hopefully other countries keep the new videos flowing into Redtube!

 

[Jase]

Meh US porn = Barbie and Ken. So plastic, artificial and predictably boring (in general that is).

 

[Hemi300c]

There's a new STD that attacks the nose.

its called sniffilis.

And this occurs mainly in winter.