Derrick Burts, Blast AIM Clinic for Neglect

Derrick Burts, a 24 year-old adult film performer who tested HIV-positive on October 9th at the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation (AIM) clinic, a Sherman Oaks clinic funded by and serving the adult film industry, will publicly address the media for the first time since reports of his HIV diagnosis while working in the adult film industry became public in mid-October, creating an international media frenzy and shutting down California's multi-billion dollar adult industry for several weeks. Burts, who became known as 'Patient Zeta' after the news first broke, will appear at a press conference Wednesday, December 8th at 10:00am Pacific Time at the headquarters of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF, 6255 Sunset Blvd., 21st Floor, Los Angeles CA 90028), which over the past four years has independently been championing safety reforms in the adult film industry including efforts to require the use of condoms in all adult film productions. After testing HIV-positive at AIM's clinic, Burts, who performed in both straight and gay adult films during the prior several months under the screen names Cameron Reid, Cameron Reed and Derek Chambers, waited—in vain—for over six weeks for AIM and its medical consultant, Dr. (Howard) Aaron Aronow, to refer and link him with a doctor or other health care provider for follow up medical care and treatment. Frustrated and increasingly concerned for his health and wellbeing, Burts then consulted an out of state friend who referred him ...

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