Dear anotherdamnalias:  

For sure, the World runs on BS, including these boards!  But seriously, IF this article ends up being true, then light may be cast upon several areas; to wit:

1.  Use of poppers....Many say the use of "poppers" and "speed" greatly increases the odds of "picking up" HIV. Such use seems to be higher among gays and trans, (but let's hear feedback from the experts on the boards here, if they can cast light upon this subject, well, cast, please...).  

2.  Source of the HIV for the actor:  Did he use lots of "Providers"??  With tons of cash, one imagines her could afford plenty of "10 rated" party friends.  Or was he just having fun with "Civies" and regular "Stars" or wanna be Stars, in Hollywood, or other locations... (think NYC, if the article's subject did Broadway, and also hung in NYC...).  

3.  What is more interesting, (this has been commented upon in different boards here) is the use of drugs that "lower the viral count."  In the article: "the Hollywood figure has so far been successfully treated with an “AIDS Cocktail” of high-powered drugs meant to counteract the effects of the disease, including the medications Truvada and Isentress."  Wonder how many of the deeply involved players around the country are using these kinds of drugs to "Pretend" that, because their viral count may be greatly lowered, they "Really are not carriers of HIV"??  

4.  In other words, if this report ends up being essentially accurate, then it could change, perhaps, the perceptions of "Risk and Return Space" to use a financial concept, as applied to "having fun."  In recent years, it can be observed that HIV risk is now treated by many players as if it only exists within elements of certain classes, or subsets, of the general population:  ghetto, sports, aggressive gays, etc.  The perceptions seem to indicate that playing and providing outside these realms really carries essentially -0- risk of negative health surprises.  Might this be changing?  An emerging trend?

Who knows, maybe multiple players in the story will get, or have, already been, "paid off" and may never say anything..they too may be masking their "safety status" with such medications as Truvada and Isentress.

If greater details emerge, then the story will be worthy of more observation along several fronts, especially in terms of the social and economic cohorts that seem to be involved....Anyway, hope the readers here find the story to be useful.  "Risk" is that which can not be reversed, while "Return" is, of course, having fun!  May we all remain lucky!

Regards, from the "Street

Magic Johnson got HIV and the sun still rose in the East, if Charlie Sheen or some other celebrity has HIV it's a shame for that person, but I really don't see how it effects us substantially.

Now if a "top" provider or a reviewer with a couple of hundred reviews were to come out as carrying the virus, that would be a bigger shock to our community than some unnamed movie or TV star.

Of course, if someone has a gold plated medical care plan, and they are taking, ONCE THEY KNOW THEY CARRY THE HIV VIRUS, anti-HIV medications, then their viral loads can drop to essentially -0-, and presto, you can stop worrying about getting the HIV virus from them when you are intimate.  Of course!

Nevertheless, this is why GG providers, to the extent possible, avoid having relations with Johns who see Trans, or who are African or Black or whatever the Politically correct phrases might be non-offensive to that sub-set of the population...you all know the numbers...

The Viral Load has been shown to be the Greatest around 28 days after first infection with the HIV virus.  Ask your doctor.

There are usually -0- symptoms, or they are quite minor, at this point.  This is the place of max danger.  So, to get you to think a bit, imagine some nice John is short of cash, depressed, or drunk or high or whatever, and instead of using a $600/ hour GG VIP, crosses the line into the "cheap side," whether GG or Trans.  Poof, HIV enters the John....Then, the John hits in AC at the craps table, or scores a big trade in the Market in NYC, or gets a consulting deal in DC,  and, being verified, meets up with that $600/hour VIP doll (whether GG or Trans) in NYC or DC,  three and one half weeks later.  Presto, John looks cool, wears nice Armani or Brooks or whatever, and a great time is had by both, or by all, (ok, $1200 for tea for 2).  No biggie...biz as usual, but,  

That is the danger....the "sad, honest mistake," followed by, 28 days later, real "bad luck."  The intelligent providers know the odds, but no one will say it directly, it seems.  Certain elements of the population have much greater odds of carrying the HIV virus...if you think about this logically, the intelligent John could not really pay enough to be involved with the most careful and cautious Providers.  The best of the best, and the safest, should command a significant premium, in risk-return analysis.

It is what it is.....Feeling Lucky??? It is Always better to be Lucky than Smart!  Ms.Black, your post was smart, indeed, but other elements of timing, and a lack of early treatment of the un-aware, trump the ideal analysis, where some poor thing has HIV, but has taken enough anti-aids drugs to lower their viral load to -0- zone.....All of this is dependent on identification of a condition, and the application of expensive and complex technology to treat the condition successfully. That is the bet. In recent years, the financially well off, seeing VIP level GG Providers, face low risk odds.  Will the odds shift, when the economy starts its coming downturn??  Stay Observant.

"The Street"  

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