Both are the type of ho-hum meal you never think about again — but these could’ve contained traces of hepatitis A-infected feces.
Thousands of Utahns had that rude awakening this week, when health officials in Salt Lake and Utah counties blasted out alerts saying employees infected with the viral disease had worked for several days at a trio of food establishments. The cases grabbed national headlines, and prompted hundreds of nervous customers to call into health hotlines to inquire about vaccine options.
It’s not yet clear if additional people have been infected from the exposures at a 7-Eleven in West Jordan and Olive Garden and Sonic Drive-In restaurants in Spanish Fork.