Genki Hepatitis A Outbreak: Should you get inoculated?
Posted by Wayne Parsons
August 20, 2016 11:03 AM
August 20, 2016 11:03 AM
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Over 200 people have been treated contaminated scallops consumed at Genki Sushi restaurants on Oahu and Kauai. Creating news nationwide this outbreak of hepatitis A is one of the largest in the nation’s history. The Hawaii Department of Health has again responded in outstanding fashion to protect the community. The source of the contamination has been identified, apparently frozen raw scallops imported from the Philippines and the restaurants have been temporarily closed down. Many concerned people have been getting hepatitis A inoculations as a precautionary measure. Many others have been diagnosed with hepatitis A and have experienced very severe illness which hopefully over time will subside.
The illness can be contracted through contact with an infected person. Over two dozen restaurants have been closed down and workers at those restaurants became ill after being exposed to the sushi and its contaminants. Thus, everyone should be concerned even though the restaurants have been closed down and the cause of the problem identified. The question is who should get inoculated as a preventative measure?
As reported in a recent article in Pacific Business News some health officials are saying that not everyone needs to be inoculated:
Many Restaurant owners (there are 3,300 restaurants here) are having their staff’ inoculated. The State Department of Health (DOH) has published a list of places to get the vaccine. A lot of people are being vaccinated according to Pacific Business News:
The vaccine itself has been around since 2005:
The vaccine cannot cause Hepatitis A as it does not contain the live virus.