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Motorcycle Rally In Sturgis Draws Thousands Of Largely Unmasked Attendees
Scary Mommy via Yahoo ^ | 8/08/20 | Kristine Cannon

Posted on 08/09/2020 5:26:24 PM PDT by Libloather

As COVID-19 cases surpass five million in the U.S. - and deaths exceed 162K, according to Johns Hopkins University & Medicine - tens of thousands of motorcyclists rode into South Dakota for the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally - most of which were unmasked and not following social distancing guidelines.

“No, we didn’t take any precautions,” Rally attendee Jim Busch told the New York Times, adding that he thinks the coronavirus pandemic, which he refers to as a “situation,” is “manufactured. “There’s ulterior motives behind this, so we’re not concerned.”

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is a 10-day event that is estimated to attract about 250,000 attendees this year. While this number is half of last year’s attendance, it’s still a shockingly large event amid a global pandemic - and, according to the Times, among the country’s largest public gatherings since the start of the pandemic in the U.S.

Photos and videos from the event show a sea of largely unmasked crowds, many wearing Trump 2020 gear and shirts that read “Screw Covid I went to Sturgis.”

There was also a larger-than-life float dedicated to Trump.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: freeperhooligans; mask; masks; motorcycle; rally; southdakota; sturgis
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To: Okeydoker

... only liberals are scared of a highly contagious disease that kills people over 70 pretty completely.

Lots of over 70 bikers, many now on trikes (legs giving out)


21 posted on 08/09/2020 6:07:27 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: Libloather
"...most of which were unmasked and not following social distancing guidelines..."

Why don't you go scold them Kristine?


22 posted on 08/09/2020 6:11:57 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: SgtBob
👍
23 posted on 08/09/2020 6:13:36 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Okeydoker

You just have to realize that these people are motorcyclists. They enjoy taking a container of flammable liquid, place it on top of a hot, moving engine, and then place the whole thing between their legs and drive off at high speed.

You think they’re going to worry about getting a virus?


24 posted on 08/09/2020 6:15:35 PM PDT by Grognard49
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To: HangnJudge

My brother traded in Harley #4 for a Harley trike last year. He is 62 and has a right knee that he wasn’t born with. He and his wife are at Sturgis, they have gone every year for at least the past 20 years.


25 posted on 08/09/2020 6:16:07 PM PDT by wjcsux (Cast your vote like itÂ’s 6 November 1860.)
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To: doorgunner69
"Well one thing you bikers, there will be a lot of motorcycles for sale here shortly when so many get covid."

You could say the same thing about so many Antifa & fireworks & tipped-over statues and busted and burning storefronts in any given place... ...but who wants to jinx the possibility it by saying it out loud?

26 posted on 08/09/2020 6:16:57 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Sequoyah101

We are scheduled to attend the Buffalo Roundup in Custer next month. I hope a hot spot wasn’t created — that area of the world is among the most beautiful. My happy place!


27 posted on 08/09/2020 6:19:15 PM PDT by BelleAl (Proud to be a member of the party of NO! NO more deficit spending and government control!)
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To: Libloather
Motorcyclists ≠ bikers You want bikers doing security at your rock concert not motorcyclists.
28 posted on 08/09/2020 6:21:46 PM PDT by KingLudd
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To: VeniVidiVici

>>>A Sturgis BLM rally.<<<

Biker Lives Matter!


29 posted on 08/09/2020 6:23:24 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: wjcsux
What a couple!


30 posted on 08/09/2020 6:27:35 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: HangnJudge

LOL! Do you mind if I copy that and send it to my brother?


31 posted on 08/09/2020 6:33:53 PM PDT by wjcsux (Cast your vote like itÂ’s 6 November 1860.)
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To: a fool in paradise

We are the original 1%ers.


32 posted on 08/09/2020 6:35:01 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Just kidding.)
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To: Disambiguator

“Did antifa show up”?

Not a snowball’s chance in hell!


33 posted on 08/09/2020 6:46:25 PM PDT by ocrp1982
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To: Libloather
Sturgis webcams
34 posted on 08/09/2020 6:50:26 PM PDT by BikerTrash
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To: Libloather

Just call it a “riot” and the mask question goes away.


35 posted on 08/09/2020 7:01:48 PM PDT by Enten (I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
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To: wjcsux

Have at it, see mail


36 posted on 08/09/2020 7:06:10 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: Libloather

The Democrats will pray for a huge outbreak. If there isn’t one it will undercut the Covid hysteria campaign.


37 posted on 08/09/2020 7:06:52 PM PDT by Spok (All free men are equal only in their freedom; everything else is up to them.i)
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To: Libloather

Some are a couple of hours late, they stopped to take some scalps ...


38 posted on 08/09/2020 7:17:21 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Libloather
Gee, I hope there is no trouble...


39 posted on 08/09/2020 7:27:00 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1, Today's Special, Half Baked: 50c)
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To: Libloather; martin_fierro

Motorcycle Hooligan *PING*


40 posted on 08/09/2020 7:27:19 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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