I think at the end of the day, you cannot guarantee safety with regards to covid when having sex so the performers, like some other workers, will have to weigh up the risk and decide what they want to do.
It makes sense that you wouldn't shoot if someone is coughing and spluttering all over the place so you make sure they don't have symptoms, take their temperature etc. This, whilst not foolproof, means it's less likely to spread. You also have to take into account that these (the girls particularly) are young fit people who, even if they do catch covid, are extremely likely to only have a mild illness. The risk isn't zero for young people but it's mainly very old people and those with health conditions that are dying from this. For girls in their late teens/early 20's the risk is very small but still a risk.
All the testing in the world won't make it completely safe as, by the time the results come through, 48 hours later, the person may have caught it in between. Some also suggesting on here that the tests are not 100% reliable, I don't know if that's true.
We all want to see porn back but those involved have to decide if the risk is worth the reward and should be given leeway to walk out of a scene on the day if their co-star is showing symptoms. They should not be penalised for doing this or threatened with regard to getting future work.
I hope to see the girls come back and that they all stay well.
^ It's difficult to catch outdoors, yes but you are missing a critical detail in that statement. There is a caveat that it is more difficult to catch as long as you maintain 2m from other people so in practice the reduced likelihood of contracting COVID-19 outdoors is applicable only to the filming crew.
I apparently do know something you don't, because lack of testing equipment isn't the problem right now that it was a month ago. As a normal person, if you want to get tested right now, you can, and in many places (like I said, including California) for free. Also, while you do have to wait a day or two for the results, they don't spoil immediately. You're not immediately infectious if/when you catch it, it takes time for the viral load to get to the point where you can pass it to someone else. IIRC the incubation period is thought to be something like 4-5 days, so that's how long the test would last for. All of this means that you can get tested, and if you come back clean you should be able to work for the next few days. It's a lot of work to go through for the sake of a shoot or two, but this is people's livelihoods we're talking about so some will be willing to go through it.
Not to get into a pissing contest with you but the below link to an article written today should make mane people nervous about claims of one day results.
Seriously ? Would really like to see how this has happened and worked on screen, my fantasy is not big enough to imagine. And for the stuff and the supporting persons, director, camera, don't who else, there is a risk to stay. But okay they started.
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Posted - Jun 14 2020 : 5:29PM
So effectively now companies can start shooting again?
First of all, the test that is being questioned in that article is the one that claimed to have results in 15 minutes, not a day or two. Second of all, that article literally says that we're getting over the hump in terms of number of tests (which was my entire point in the sentence that you quoted), and that doctors want more study regarding how accurate the tests we have are in terms of false negatives because we're getting closer to having enough tests in general to cover everyone that wants to get one.
^It clearly states tests with an "S" therefore it's more than one. I want the industry to start just like any other porn fan but how long will it stay open if the people working in it are duped into believing that they are safe when they aren't because the test they took was more placebo than anything else.
So without knowing anything about which of the 100+ tests is being used here, or which tests they're doubting the accuracy of, you're gonna sit here and claim that whatever test it is is no better than a placebo?
Yes. The governor of California re-opened film productions on June 12. This wasn't just about the adult industry. All of hollywood was shut down. Lots of pressure to re-open
Can really imagine the pressure on politics by the industry, in this case, film industries. BTW yesterday the first shooting happened. june 14th. PervCity with Paisley Porter.
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Posted - Jun 15 2020 : 6:35PM
Any other companies started shooting again yet? Or just PervCity?
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Posted - Jun 18 2020 : 8:47PM
Anyone know? I am a member of EvilAngel and TrueAnal and TrueAnal are still posting old videos from AllAnal and Nymphos.
To be honest I don't think so at the moment everywhere around the world this virus is coming back and hotspots everywhere, Israel, New Zealand, US, South and Middle America, here in Germany some new hotspots etc. To believe this thing is gone, seems to be a mistake. So I cannot imagine how a shootings in bigger numbers could occur again, but surely nobody knows it for the moment.
^I agree that the virus isn't gone but the only Country you named which matters is the US. Most of the others don't have an actual porn industry so it doesn't matter where they are in regard to the number of new cases of Covid-19. At least it doesn't matter when it comes to porn.
The bad news for porn fans is that the US porn industry is still in serious trouble because while the North East and Mid-west seem to have stabilized their number of Covid-19 new cases. Porn is primarily shot in the South. Either California or Florida and both States have major spikes in number of new Covid-19 cases.
I totally agree, as for porn, in Europe, porn industry nearly didn't exist for years, exceptions are LP stuff, DDF and Pierre Woodman in France and maybe MariskaX a nice lady from Belgium. I saw just 2 hours ago a graph tweeted by a german politician, who is also epidemiologist too. And this is a brand-new map from yesterday or so, who shows in a bar chart the huge and fast increasing of covid-19 rate of the most affected states in the US. And Florida and California are sadly on the top, no 1 and 2.
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Posted - Jun 26 2020 : 7:59PM
Yes, at this point, I lost hope of porn restarting to shoot before september 2020 and maybe 2021, Coronavirus is out of control in the US and one can argue the 1st wave never really ended. Some places are spared, some states got better but not states that shoot porn and California/Florida are getting bathered by Covid19. It's sad but things did not go as well as let's say, in Canada, where I live. Some states like Quebec and Ontario were hit pretty hard but it stabilized and the virus is almost gone. Meanwhile, in the United States, you guys are breaking records of daily cases over records of daily cases. Best of luck and courage with this %$@, it really doesn't want to go away!
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Posted - Jun 26 2020 : 10:03PM
At this point, I'm not expecting any of the based-in-America studios that I like (HardX/DarkX/AllBlackX, Blacked, Vixen, Swallowed/Nympho) to be able to produce new content for the remainder of 2020.
I agree, being realistc and facing the reality, not CBS "reality shows" like tonight, there is no way and it is real sad. BTW it seems for me, that the perfomer all try to find ways to create revenues, income, where ever they can do, because of lack from shooting.
Yes, right now it looks real bad. I agree with you, and just because the main studios and mainstream are located in CA, I see no way. And here where I live in Germany, the people just gambling their advantaged situation right now, also sad. So can only hope, but you're right, is only little hope.
Please excuse me. I am not understanding the discussion very well. Do you and Fenderuser think porn has not restarted shooting, or that there might be a second lockdown and companies will stop production again for the remainder of 2020?
As mentioned by myself and others, all porn companies have restarted production. Most porn companies have begun contingency plans for a second lockdown. Examples are: - increasing production during the current re-opening - making arrangements for a bubble community / facility
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Posted - Jun 27 2020 : 10:58PM
^ Really? I've seen no indication that American studios (at least the ones I'm interested in) have resumed production.
I knew the first was PervCity as we already discussed here. I have no indication, or reading notes on twitter etc. which other companies started regular shooting. But It quiet can be, the performer I have little contact or following on twitter just the same, no notice or message on this so far. But I can only speak for my watching not for others.,
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Posted - Jun 29 2020 : 4:34AM
I would trust Fit18 on this. He's an insider and would know if most companies had restarted production.
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Posted - Jun 30 2020 : 10:25AM
Well, if that's the case, I'm really happy to hear it! :)
I thought porn companies had not restart shooting as TrueAnal, which I have a 6 months subscription, hasn't post a new scene since march and people said it's the same for AllAnal/Nymphos and Swallowed so I thought Mike had not restart shooting yet but now I'm just even more confused. Lol
I believe you that porn companies have restart shooting, it's just puzzling why there are no new scenes on Mike websites then. :O
^ I think it's reasonable to infer that a backlog of scenes hadn't been made around the time of the lockdown. I hope that with the money Sticky Dollars has made in subscriptions but with no new content since March they invest in a heap of new content.
In the moment I can't see if and which big company started shooting again, no clear incications on this in twitter postings or I have not see or found such. Don't but I will check it these coming days a little bit.
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Posted - Jun 30 2020 : 10:37PM
The first indication that a studio I follow has resumed production:
Bad news ? Just read, July 1th, in german TV, that the numbers of covid-19 infected people rising fast in some states, Florida, Texas and CA ! too. So the admins there are stopping partly the removing of the downlock actions, to stop, prevent or reduce the speed of rising cases or to flatten the curve again. Anyway the recovery of regular shooting seems probably far away under this circumustances.......
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Posted - Jul 1 2020 : 6:48AM
World modeling agency tweted that they are having AriaTaylor go to LA from July until August to shoot scenes so I take it many companies are back to their regular shooting schedule if an agency would send a girl for that long to shoot many scenes.
That maybe true, but if I said some states stop the recovery to normal life again, then I am not sure if these shoot will happen at all. It is an open issue.
As a site owner, I can tell you that since June 12th, everyone I know has been shooting at a frenetic pace. Just because you don't see it mentioned on social media, doesn't mean they are not shooting. They are probably too busy scheduling and shooting, to post regularly on social.
We are all tacitly assuming there will be other lockdowns, and the recent surge in cases, has proven our fears correct. Europe is more "normal", but in the US, everyone is working overtime and shooting extra scenes. If a studio isn't, they are badly mistaken about the gravity of the situation. Doesn't hurt to shoot more.
Okay, thanks for clarify. I could only count on my personal observations, surveillances and assessement and on the informations and answers I got from women or performer I am in contact, but maybe they do not shot or they are telling me all about it, anyway. But that also means to release new regular products soon, right ?
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Posted - Jul 2 2020 : 10:51PM
Are you talking about porn producers/studios based in the U.S.? Or, more specifically, California?
US. Even the florida people followed California's lead. All the major porn companies got together and told every US talent agent to follow the lockdown orders and FSC guidelines, or face a blacklisting.
Europe was different as each country had their own re-opening timetables, but companies there had their production team in Budapest and Prague shooting in May or earlier.
I see, living in Europe and just obeserving this scene too, I cannot find any indication yet in Pragu, LP for example on regular shooting again. The stuff they are released since may seems more to be mad new out of older shootings or stuff they were buying elswhere, but shootings the way it used to be like DAP, GB etc. I cannot find at this moment, but I can be wrong of course.
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Posted - Jul 3 2020 : 7:06PM
I assume this is how VMG is getting most of their recent content.
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Posted - Jul 3 2020 : 11:20PM
Wow, that's a heavy-handed action by the porn companies.
Yes, it seems so, expected somthing else. Me ? No.
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Posted - Jul 7 2020 : 10:42PM
My excitement in hearing that some of the producers I like have resumed production is tempered by the likelihood that the stuff they're making now won't be released for months. I mean, considering the very real possibility of another extended porn shutdown, I imagine most producers will decide to sit on this new stuff they're making now for as long as possible.
