In the 30 months since Mitchell started AIM, the organization has administered over 12,000 HIV tests, with only 7 positive results. According to the CDC, every year nearly 15 million Americans contract STDs. As many as 3 million are teens. One of the ingenious ideas that AIM has instituted is a database of all the performers and their work partners. Should an actor test positive, everyone he or she worked with and may have infected can be notified and tested immediately.
Performers can only return to work when a clean bill of health can be confidently given.
Screening and testing are critical - not just for adult stars, but for the general public as well. People are doing everything we do and more in the privacy of their own homes. They need to know the partner they're having sex with has been tested. Monthly screening and early intervention also greatly improve treatment efficacy. It's a tragedy to contract HIV, but worse not to know you have it.