Hollywood Hepatitis Scare - Paris Hilton Not At Fault
Reports of a hepatitis scare are causing panic in the streets of Hollywood due to news that an infected cook for the famous Wolfgang Puck Catering company was doing food prep for some major events in recent weeks.
The biggest event in question was the Sports Illustrated party with attendees like Dreamgirls star, Beyonce Knowles and several supermodels. The report states the warning spans the SI party which took place on Feb.14 thru the 20th, and includes three other catered events.
Carl Shuster, the president of Wolfgang Puck Catering offered these words of comfort:
“While the risk of infection is low, we will continue to work with the Health Department to bring a speedy and thorough resolution to this investigation. Our catering efforts continue, and we remain confident that our guests will receive the highest standards of excellence for which Wolfgang Puck is known.”
After determining that a prep cook from the company was infected with acute Hepatitis A, the Los Angeles County Department of Health sent alerts and recommended vaccinations for those in attendance at any of the events who may have consumed uncooked food.
The employee in question has been placed on medical leave and most likely won’t be invited to any parties in the near future.
Here are some facts about Hepatitis A:
Symptoms:
jaundice fatigue abdominal pain loss of appetite nausea diarrhea fever Long Term Effects
There is no chronic (long-term) infection. Once you have had hepatitis A you cannot get it again. About 15% of people infected with HAV will have prolonged or relapsing symptoms over a 6-9 month period Persons At Risk
Household contacts of infected persons Sex contacts of infected persons Persons, especially children, living in areas with increased rates of hepatitis A during the baseline period from 1987-1997. Persons traveling to countries where hepatitis A is common Men who have sex with men Injecting and non-injecting drug users
Based on these facts, everyone in Hollywood must have Hepatitis A.
I ate a frozen Wolfgang Puck pizza once and it gave me diarrhea, I wonder. I had sex with Paris Hilton once and it gave me cancer of the face, I wonder…..
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