TRUVADA: Why are we ALL not taking this???!!!!

[Westheangelino]

^ Sorry, thought you meant with the same person every day over time. Which is usually how people get HIV, not through one random hookup.

[christianxxx]

i am not sure that's accurate. at least in the porn world, all of the pos cases have been single exposures through receiving anal creampies.

[Westheangelino]

i am not sure that's accurate. at least in the porn world, all of the pos cases have been single exposures through receiving anal creampies.

Totally different discussion, but I've always been curious. How many cases is that? Is that ever really verifiable? Can we be certain that it wasn't off set behavior?

Christian, would you be in favor of studios requiring a Truvada scrip for all their performers while still maintaining the rigorous testing regimen?

[Westheangelino]

^ And to be clear, I wasn't saying that single exposure HIV never happens, but statistically speaking it's far less common than taking multiple exposures in short windows of time whether that be with the same partner or a multitude of partners. We have just been conditioned to believe that that one slip up most people have had is the path to disaster.

[Prospero]

Infection does not require multiple exposures. It happens once. Multiple exposure merely increases the chance of contracting HIV.

[christianxxx]

much like Steven, i would need to look at the long term effects first, but I am generally in favor of Truvada yes.

as for the pos HIV in porn, since 2000 -

Marc Wallice contracted it from an unknown source but most likey an infected drug needle. He gave it to 8 or 9 girls who all contracted it from him during anal creampie gangbangs and scenes (including Tricia Devereaux).

John Stagliano contracted it in Brazil and by his own admission he got a violent anal creampie from a crossdressing streetwalker. (he is now married to Tricia and they have 2 non HIV children).

Darren James contracted it in Brazil as well through unknown origins. He also gave it to 5 different females during anal creampie gangbangs

Since then there have been 0 infections on set...but:

Cameron Reed showed up positive in 2010 and he contracted it privately as a gay escort and bottom (it should be noted his girlfriend at the time worked a lot in the biz and caused a large number of male performers to be quarantined)

last year Cameron Bay and her boyfriend Rod Daily also came up HIV positive through unknown origins although both are admitted drug addicts and Rod is a known gay escort.

Additionally, their close friend Sofia Delgado also tested positive after she was quarantined, but she never did any porn scenes. How she contracted it is speculation but it's believed to be from contact with Cameron Bay & Rod Daily.

Last November TJ Cummings tested positive for HIV. Although being a straight porn performer, he admitted to seeing men & TS privately and often bottoming.

That is the entirety of the straight porn HIV positive list from 2000 to today.

[Westheangelino]

^ When was the NAAT test introduced as a standard as opposed to the traditional elisa, blot, etc. that required 30 days at least to pick up antibodies?

[christianxxx]

i know in 2002 we were already using pcr-dna

[dreamon]

how about abstaining from risky behaviors? and being smart with your sexual health?

[TSMichelleAustin]

I can't speak to your sex life. I can only speak to statistics. You could have taken truvada daily and also been negative today. What is your point?

My point is, over and over u have said condoms dont prevent safety in sex. And I am proven fact it has and does. Why would I want to take a pill for rest of my life so I can bareback god knows who? I am happy being negative and I am happy with my sex life with condoms. It has worked for me in my sex life. So my point is, u keep ranting condoms dont work, and I said it does. Because if didnt, id be positive now. Condoms saved my life, not some pill.