HIV outbreak in porn industry

[John C. Holmes]

Originally Posted by scoundrel

In Britain there has traditionally always been a strong emphasis on contact-tracing whenever a case of any sexually transmitted disease is diagnosed. I have noted that Ms Mitchell is with-holding full co-operation in the present HIV outbreak on the grounds of patient confidentiality, and I would hazard a guess that if she knew Marc Wallice's HIV status and did not blow the whistle on him, then this would be her official (possibly her actual) reason for remaining silent. Meanwhile, what is she herself doing to trace and test the contacts of the unfortunate woman who has tested positive? If the answer is ''nothing, its not her problem'', then I suggest that whatever professional body doctors answer to in America (in Britain its called The General Medical Council) needs to be reviewing her conduct and deciding whether or not Ms Mitchell should be struck off as a doctor.

It's not that straightforward for professionals like doctors (and lawyers) because they have privileged conversations with their patients/clients and are not at liberty to disclose everything they hear in these conversations. There are sound and valid reasons for having this rule. But if a doctor knows that a patient is endangering the lives of others, either deliberately or recklessly and selfishly, I would argue that their code of ethics cuts the other way. Once Ms Mitchell knows that her patient isn't playing the game (eg Wallice) then her duty of care is to those he is endangering, not to him.

Perhaps its time that the doctors as a profession made a public statement of what they think doctors should be doing in these circumstances. This sort of situation is not rare. It just doesn't usually make the news because usually it affects people outside the porn industry whom no-one ever hears about.

Absolutely, even PRIESTS have a set of rules on confessions and where the line is in terms of what to tell law enforcement officials and/or a court of law. (Murder confessions being one of the more clearly drawn lines.) Sharon is simply hiding behind rules that don't even apply to protect well connected friends in the industry so she can keep on making money off the medical community AND the porn industry.

From what I recall Sharon Mitchell is not and never was an MD. She is a registered nurse. (With considerably more power than any nurse I have ever heard of but a nurse nonetheless.) Unless this has changed that is more than enough to take the power to regulate away from the industry and into the hands of lawmakers.

[wild-swan]

Barbara Doll tested positive twice through the "Elisa" method, which only detects the presence of antibodies. She then underwent two DNA tests, which both came back negative.

Read more about it and other "Pornstar with HIV/AIDS" related information in:

Skinflicks: The Inside Story of the X-Rated Video Industri,

Chapter 20, starting at page 403, "AIDS and other four-letter words"

[John C. Holmes]

MORE proof that AIM has caused more harm than good in the porn industry and only exists so a select few can have power and get paid.

[empyrium]

anyone can take an aids test in brazil with ease , just go to any clinic and take one for free, plus brazil is one of the few countries where patients do not have to pay for the medication , it's all for free , actually a lot of americans go to the Emilio Ribas hospital in Sao Paulo just to get medication for free , you can say the porn industry in brazil is pretty messy so one could get aids but the country itself does NOT have an AIDS problem , much the contrary and if there is one country where AIDS is a problem is the US of america.

[scoundrel]

The early stages of the HIV pandemic were characterised by countries claiming that it was all someone elses problem and their people were squeaky clean. It was a red herring then and its a red herring now. Here's the news, guys: any country in the world with a human population has got an HIV problem. Fact. Slagging each others' countries off is just a waste of time.

There will always be sources of HIV infection in the community. But the adult film industry claims to have a system to detect new infections early and stop them spreading. The last known system failure was Darren James, and Marc Wallice before him. Is this new outbreak due to a new system failure is a more worthwhile question than whether the source was in the USA or in Brazil, like the health of porn actors will be safe provided they don't fly to Brazil

[control840]

My question is this: how long was Marc Wallice performing while knowing FULL WELL he was HIV positive?

[John C. Holmes]

Originally Posted by control840

My question is this: how long was Marc Wallice performing while knowing FULL WELL he was HIV positive?

I've heard conflicting stories on that. The most prevelant story is that he was positive from a movie he made in Brazil on in. Other reports have claimed that he has had it as far back as 1993. (I recall one porn star claiming at a book signing that she refused to work with him because of rumours that were floating around for much of the 90's.) If there is such thing as hell I'm willing to guarantee that Marc has a front row seat.

[donnalangtonukmode]

shocking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Wallice#HIV

[Alvin Lucifer]

Originally Posted by control840

My question is this: how long was Marc Wallice performing while knowing FULL WELL he was HIV positive?

Johnny Wadd did the same thing.


What always amazes me is how few porn stars actually do die of AIDS, especially when you consider acts such as ass-to-mouth are now industry standards.

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by alvinlucifer

Johnny Wadd did the same thing.

For anyone who might not know, Johnny Wadd is a fictional character played in a series of adult movies by John Holmes. It is of course John Holmes who continued to work after being diagnosed HIV positive in February 1986. No doubt his drug habit over-rode any twinges of conscience he may or may not have felt about what he was doing to his unlucky female co-stars. He went to Europe in the summer of 1986 and continued working there. He died in March 1988 of AIDS. What a nice chap.

Here is a link for anyone who would like to learn a little bit more about this absolute prince among men.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ho...aphic_actor%29