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McDonald's Outbreak: Last Chance for Hepatitis Shots

By PritzkerLaw

Tuesday is the last day for free hepatitis A shots through the Rock Island County Health Department.

The county has administered more than 5,200 shots of vaccine or a drug called immune globulin since investigators associated an outbreak of hepatitis A in western Illinois to the McDonald's restaurant in Milan.

By the latest count, the Illinois McDonald's hepatitis A outbreak has sickened at least 26 people, including 11 who were hospitalized. Fifteen of the confirmed cases have been in Rock Island County -- the host of the hepatitis A vaccination clinic.

The shots on Tuesday are at the public health department headquarters at 2112 25th Ave., Rock Island. They are meant for individuals who ate at the Milan McDonald's on July 13 or 14. Those who were at the McDonald's restaurant before then may be beyond the time period for the vaccine to be effective.

Health Reporter Dierdre Cox Baker of the Quad-City Times wrote that a second dose of shots will provide additional protections, but those will not be provided free of charge. Follow-up clinics will be staged in six months or individuals may get the second round of shots from other health care providers.

If you or a loved one has been sickened in this outbreak, contact Pritzker Olsen Attorneys, a national food safety law firm that has years of experience representing victims of foodborne illness who became ill from eating at a restaurant.

Pritzker Olsen has collected millions for those who have survived outbreaks of hepatitis A, E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Listeria,  Campylobacter and other foodborne diseases. To reach a hepatitis lawyer at the firm, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete one of our forms online to receive a free case consultation.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on July 28, 2009 (boomark / email).