A nurse administers the hepatitis A vaccine to a patient Tuesday at the Monroe County Public Health Clinic in Bloomington. Staff photo by Jeremy Hogan
Following the advice of the Monroe County Health Department to Buffalo Wild Wings patrons, nearly 800 people have received a hepatitis A vaccine this week at the Monroe County Public Health Clinic.
The Monroe County Health Department urged people who ate at Buffalo Wild Wings between Jan. 2-6 to be vaccinated after an employee who handled food was diagnosed with the disease.
Of those who went to the clinic Monday and Tuesday to receive a shot, 593 came in Monday, Caudill said. An additional 180 came in Tuesday as of 4 p.m., but it was estimated that by the time the clinic closed at 4:30 p.m. the number would increase to 200.
“It’s really gone very well,” Monroe County Health Department administrator Penny Caudill said about the turnout this week. “There was kind of an early and late rush, but mostly steady all day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.”
Those who ate at Buffalo Wild Wings, at 1350 W. Bloomfield Road, between Jan. 2-6 can still receive a hepatitis A vaccine from 8:15 to 11:15 a.m. today at the clinic, at 333 E. Miller Drive. Those who cannot make it to the clinic for a free vaccine should call their health provider.
Clinic wait times averaged 30 minutes, and few people waited to receive their vaccines after clinic hours. Traffic to the clinic ran smoothly as well. “You don’t know how many people are going to come or how spread out they will be, so we have to think about logistics. That seemed to go well, too, so that was a plus,” Caudill said.
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