When a black Democratic congressional committee leader urged committee members to get vaccinations before visiting a NASCAR race in Concord, NC, he revealed bias, racism, stupidity, or all three. Imagine if a white Republican committee member had urged vaccinations for committee members attending, oh, say, the CIAA tournament. Can anyone say censure?
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) claims the shots were needed because the committee members would be visiting hospitals. But, apparently not. The only “hospital” they were to visit was the infield care center at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. As U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC), said recently, “Bennie is from Mississippi, he should know better.”
And today we find that there may be less need for vaccinations in NASCAR country than the rest of the nation. Don Surber points out that hepatitis, for instance, is more of a threat in the District of Columbia than in North Carolina:
Democratic congressional staffers got hepatitis shots before attending a NASCAR race in North Carolina. Hepatitis is more common in DC than in North Carolina.
Federal figures show there were 3.5 hepatitis cases per 100,000 people in Washington, DC, in 2005 — and only 2.9 per 100,000 in North Carolina in 2005.
