Please Update Your Shots Before Visiting My Sub-Culture

This wasn't a bitch I intended to pitch. I ran across this while researching possible health risks related to race tracks. ( I was interested in finding out how bad my hobby is for me.)

NASCAR fans might seem rabid, but are they actually contagious?

Getting a hepatitis shot is standard procedure for travelers to parts of Africa and Asia, but some congressional aides were instructed to get immunized before going to Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord and the racetrack in Talladega, Ala.

The House Homeland Security Committee planned a fact-finding trip about public health preparedness at mass gatherings and decided to conduct the research at two of the nation's most heavily attended sporting events, NASCAR's Bank of America 500 event this weekend and the UAW-Ford 500 last weekend.

Staff who organized the trips advised the NASCAR-bound aides to get a range of vaccines before attending -- hepatitis A, hepatitis B, tetanus, diphtheria and influenza.

The rest of the article is here-

http://www.thatsracin.com/242/story/8022.html

Honestly, I can not decide if I am offended or amused or both.

Pitches