HIV2k9: How the dust will settle

This month’s Porn Valley HIV diagnosis has been getting considerable airplay in local and national media, but the tempest seems to be settling to a less hysterical baseline as the news cycle winds down.

In addition to the test results for the remaining secondary performers, the release – if ever – of the name of the company that allegedly filmed Patient Zero with only an expired HIV test, and what AIM will do if it receives subpoenas, what remains to be seen is what everyone might learn from this.

My predictions:

1. This will blow over.
2. There will neither be mandatory condom use nor state regulation of the porn industry in any form.
3. Companies will feel compelled to require more frequent tests. This is expensive, and they can argue that performers not on a contract will have to foot the bill as they’ve always done.
4. The major companies will agree on an increased testing schedule and then, one by one, the schedule will return to what it once was
5. AIM will close loopholes in reporting test results, such as verbal or provisional confirmation, if loopholes exist. If there is a phone call greenlight process, that is probably going to go away, too.

This HIV outbreak will likely be limited to one and will not affect sales negatively (though how it could affect sales positively is not a fun thing to think about).

What Outbreak 2009 will do is increase again the cost of making porn, and perhaps limit the amount of porn being produced.

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: LFP on HIV

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2 Comments

  1. This is probably the only sensible post ive seen on "outbreak 2009" since it started. So I want to say thank you.

  2. It's a shame but I believe all of your predictions are accurate. Performers are disposable cogs to the production companies and AIM is their tool, financed by the talent amazingly enough, but it doesn't have to be that way…

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