How many pornstars have announced or is known to have AIDS?

[Manikin]

Who/How many pornstars have announced or is known to have AIDS?

 

[Ceska]

********** - Can you give a link to your 30 / 30,000 figure and comparison to general public? Are you sure this is an HIV figure and not AIDS?

Per former pornstar and founder of Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation Sharon Mitchell in 2001 the figures are - "Less than 7% HIV, and 12-28% STDs. Herpes is always about 66%" and "up to our asses in chlamydia" (and gonorrhea).
http://www.courttv.com/talk/chat_transcripts/2001/0723mitchell.html

I think awareness is up but I hope the figures are better than those found by AIM in 2001. There is no excuse for rates being that high. More should be done to help protect people in this industry.

General public:

Percentage of adults(HIV)(2005):
Worldwide (excluding Africa): < 1%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_HIV/AIDS_adult_prevalence_rate

Percentage of adults(Herpes - HSV-2):
Varies widely but about 20%
Wikipedia-Herpes_simplex

 

[hos]

i assume sharon's statistic bases on just the infected pornstars.

100% = all infections
less than 7% from that: hiv

and she also claims that the 100% of infections is just a small percentage compared to all actors/actresses.

 

[Ceska]

Nobody asked about the other diseases. They are irrelavant to this question.

Mainstream pornstars in America are not less than 7% infected as Sharon Mitchell claimed, they are less than 1% infected. It is the most heavily-tested business on earth, they are tested every 30 days, and the list of those who has come up positive is available on this board and consists of less than 30 people since 1970. I don't know how many people have been involved hardcore porn since 1970 and DON'T have AIDS, but I would estimate it's between 25,000 and 30,000 using quick mental calculations.

If 4%, 5%, 6%, or 7% of pornstars were infected, there would be a massive industry panic as soon as 3 or 4 of them came up positive, the whole industry would shut down like it did when 3 pornstars came up positive a few years ago after working with Darren James, and it would be worldwide news.

Thankfully they take care of themselves very well, and while most STDs are transferred in porn, AIDS is almost always, not. It is almost impossible to prevent the other diseases from spreading with this kind of activity, but they do an impeccable, exceptional job of keeping HIV out of US/Euro porn.

I don't know about South American porn which is notorious but you have more chance of getting infected from unprotected sex with a random European/American woman than from a European/American based pornstar.

By the way, why did you exclude Africa from your statistic? Obviously the general population AIDS rate is much lower if you exclude Africa.

If you are forced to have unprotected sex with any woman and you want to be 100% sure of avoiding AIDS, I think the best way to make sure of that would be to choose a mainstream porn star. They are absolute professionals at avoiding AIDS and are tested more frequently than any women on earth. The Sharon Mitchell "less than 7%" is bullshit, although I suppose 0.01% is less than 7%.

********** - you are obviously very knowledgeable and that's why I asked you for a link to the source of your information. You are very confident, so I am certain that Sharon Mitchell and the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation are wrong and you are right. I just wanted the source info - that's all.

I don't think that it's quite so "obvious". How do you know without looking at any data?
Africa was only excluded because I didn't want people to have to rely on personal calculations without citing source information. In fact, the difference is apparently very small (worldwide including Africa it is 1.2%). And of course the link is there to examine any African country you choose.

HIV prevalence worldwide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_HIV/AIDS_adult_prevalence_rate

It would be great if you could provide any source information in order to help put an end to Sharon Mitchell's mis-information using data instead of conjecture. After all, she is promoting her information and the studies of AIM to the wider public on CourtTv while nobody is communicating your more accurate information.

Believe me, I want you to be right. And if you are right, I want your information to be publicly known instead of hers. Please post a link to your study.

 

[Ceska]

i assume sharon's statistic bases on just the infected pornstars.

100% = all infections
less than 7% from that: hiv

and she also claims that the 100% of infections is just a small percentage compared to all actors/actresses.

The question was: "About what percentage of actors and actresses in the industry are infected with various STDs, such as herpes, HIV, etc.?"

not "Out of the total infected pornstars..."

Do you think she misunderstood the question?

She believes the percentages she gave are small given the working environment.

 

[bodie54]

There is a list somewhere of HIV positive performers.

Do you mean this one?
http://www.rame.net/faq/deadporn/

Perhaps not since they only list deceased performers.

I just skimmed this one. It seems more extensive than the first re gay porn performers
http://models.badpuppy.com/archive/charon.htm

 

[Dixie Dash]

AIDS is less prevalent in pornstars that in all people put together. This is because they are extremely vigilant with testing and protecting the industry. There is a list somewhere of HIV positive performers. There are about 30 people on it. Out of about 30,000 pornstars. Not bad. Of course that doesn't include the ones that leave the industry and then get it later.

Yup your right. Testing testing and more testing, at least the real professionals do. A lot of the pornstars who caught the virus or an std were infected 2004 or before. In 2004 there was a big scare and 3 pornstars ended up with HIV which really made testing a must.

 

[hos]

The question was: "About what percentage of actors and actresses in the industry are infected with various STDs, such as herpes, HIV, etc.?"

not "Out of the total infected pornstars..."

Do you think she misunderstood the question?

She believes the percentages she gave are small given the working environment.

if they ask for all actors and actresses i guess she misunderstood the question - or the answer is just strange cause she opens her argument with "a very small percentage". she can't tell it's a small percentage if she delivers those values of infection rates depending on all actors and actresses. that's far beyond (my) logic even if the working environment is porn.