H.I.V. Found in 22 Actors in Sex Films Since 2004

New York Times ^ | June 12, 2009 | Gardiner Harris

[Zakeet]

OSHA to investigate these lost time accidents?

Actors eligible for worker's comp?

Double standard at work?

[driftdiver]

employer? talent?

Its sad they got the disease. Its sad they are in this ‘profession.’

[WKB]

:the state had a difficult time cracking down.”

Guess they will have to try harder from now on!!!!

[mefistofelerevised]

The govenment is going to waste time and money on the wasted? Porn ‘industry’ ‘workers’ are pure garbage. Let them get sick and die. Who cares?!

[robertwalker62]

they could be worse, they could be working for the government. at least they produce something that helps the economy

[BipolarBob]

Safety standards are out the window and the workers get screwed again. Same old story.

[Soothesayer]

You are right. Even prostitutes are higher up the latter of virtue than the government thieves.

[Gay State Conservative]

Message to “actors” in “sex films”....you reap what you sow.

[wally_bert]

At least they are in to produce something (dubious at times) and seek for profit. In that light, I hold them in slightly higher regard as an industry.

[Tuketu]

If you don’t like Government Programs, that is OK but not all government workers fit your perception. So, I must conclude based on your entire statement that you are pro-porn

[central_va]

Quit “poking” fun at them.

[lurk]

Clearly this is a crisis that needs direct oversight. Time for the President to take over this industry and manage it himself. Then we need a czar.

[muir_redwoods]

Perhaps I missed it but 22 positives means nothing if we don’t know how many were tested. 22 out of ? could be above or below the average for beekeepers, Trappist monks or rodeo clowns or any other profession.

[70th Division]

Isn’t this like reporting a drunk at a bar?

[mefistofelerevised]

Oh, I must have gotten confused. I though the porn industry was the goverment.

Everytime I get letters from the government I feel like I’m bending over and getting ......, well, you know what
I mean.

[Ditter]

Excuse me, I am supposed to care?

[WKB]

One never knows where these things will end up!!!

[sailor4321]

Thank you! I was wondering if any one else would notice.

[LouAvul]

“They don’t provide that to us.”

They're not allowed to. Violation of confidentiality. And I wouldn't be surprised if faggots pushed for that one.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> But Deborah Gold, a senior safety engineer with the California occupational health department, said violations in the pornography industry were so widespread that the state had a difficult time cracking down.

I don't understand. If we're talking about the porn industry, then surely the authorities have PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE to go on. How difficult can it be to crack down on parties whom you've got live on film in the very act, in flagrante delicto?