NEW YORK: Hoping to avoid the hepatitis A-list - (Associated Press)
February 24, 2008 – 7:59 pmhttp://www.newsday.com/entertainment/ats-ap_entertainment15feb23,0,621291.story
http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/02/articles/hepatitis-a/fancy-food-doesnt-mean-safe-food-socialista-edition/index.html
NEW YORK — Health officials were cited as saying that hundreds of patrons of a posh Manhattan hot spot, including A-list celebrities who attended actor Ashton Kutcher’s 30th birthday party there, may have been exposed to hepatitis A.
James Trinko, 29, was quoted as saying after he received a vaccination Saturday, “I just can’t believe that in a restaurant as fancy as it was, that they would have this problem. It’s kind of a pain in the butt to come out here and deal with this.” But “you have to do it.”
Trinka was one of a slow trickle of patrons who showed up at a nearby school for the vaccination.
The hepatitis A virus is found in fecal matter. If someone with the disease doesn’t wash his or her hands properly and handles food or drinks, the virus can be spread.
Health department spokeswoman Jessica Scaperotti was cited as saying the Socialista bartender, […]
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