Dan Farkas, Reporter
4/16/2005
Inside Naploy’s restaurant in La Follette, a man works feverishly with balloons trying to put a smile on a child’s face. Finding any kind of smile is challenging for some workers inside.
“From a business perspective, yeah I’m worried,” said Jason Alvezois.
Normally, Alvezois says 150 will fill the chairs at his place on a given afternoon. Friday that number was 25. He says the Hepatitis A scare is making him sick for a totally different reason.
“People are afraid to go out and eat,” said Alvezois.
Even though you can plainly see the 93% grade from the Campbell County Health Department, even though there is absolutely no indication Napoly’s had a single thing to do with an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Campbell county, it and several other restaurants sit almost empty on a Friday night.

The Campbell County Health Department said the potentially deadly virus came from someone working at one of two area restaurants, but it would not say which one or two restaurants are under their microscope, meaning all face the fears in the form of lost profits.
“I don’t know where it’s coming and don’t want to take any chances,” said Kathy Horn, who will not let her adult son go out to eat, let alone her two grandchildren. “I don’t know how to react. Especially at the office, I don’t know if they should stay or go home.”
So far, there are 13 confirmed cases. The Campbell County Health Department is looking into two other suspected cases. Seven others are getting tested. They believe no-one else was exposed, which has business owners hoping they get exposed to more customers sooner rather than later.
“I was extremely surprised (about the Hepatitis A outbreak in Campbell County),” said Alvezois. “It wasn’t something I was expecting whatsoever.”