GOP: Shots not needed Republicans deride vaccinations for NASCAR track visits[/align] Lisa Zagaroli, McClatchy Newspapers[/align] WASHINGTON - Being around NASCAR fans requires no inoculation.That's the word Thursday from Republican officials after learning a Democrat-controlled congressional committee advised staffers to get vaccinated for hepatitis and other diseases before visiting NASCAR events in Concord, N.C., and Talladega, Ala."Democrats should know that there is no preventive measure yet designed to ward off the blue-collar values and patriotism that NASCAR fans represent," said Linda Daves, chairwoman of the N.C. Republican Party. "If they aren't careful, they just might catch some of it."A lawmaker whose district includes the Michigan International Speedway said Democrats must not understand the term "rubbin' is racing."To suggest that vaccines are needed to attend NASCAR races is insulting to millions of hard-working Americans who love their country and the smell of burnt rubber," GOP Rep. Tim Walberg said in response to a Charlotte Observer story about the immunization recommendation.The brouhaha began when the House Committee on Homeland Security decided to study public health preparedness at events of mass attendance. It advised aides to get immunized for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus and influenza before going to the UAW-Ford 500 in Talladega last weekend and the Bank of America 500 northeast of Charlotte this weekend.The committee is examining whether the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is coordinating with state, local and private law enforcement and health-care responders to prepare for possible mass emergencies.Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, said committee aides were visiting health-care centers, detention facilities and other operations where they could be exposed to transmittable illnesses. He said the immunizations are routine for health-care workers.

 

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