Posted on 09/09/2020 12:16:55 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota in August, which drew more than 400,000 people, has now been linked to more than 250,000 coronavirus cases, according to a study by the IZA Institute of Labor Economics.
Using anonymized cellphone data from the rally, researchers from the University of Colorado Denver, Bentley University, University of California San Diego and San Diego State University found the bikers, who were filmed and photographed in crowded bars, restaurants and outdoor venues mostly without face masks, allowed for many of the “worst-case scenarios” for “superspreading.”
The event “was prolonged, included individuals packed closely together, involved a large out-of-town population, and had low compliance with recommended infection countermeasures such as the use of masks,” the researchers wrote.
The event will cost an estimated $12.2 billion in health-care costs, they wrote.
The cellphone data showed foot traffic at restaurants, bars, hotels and shops in census block groups where the events took place rose by up to 90% during the event. At the same time, stay-at-home behavior declined among residents of Meade County with an up to 10.9% decline in median hours spent at home. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found cases spread both locally and in the home counties of those who attended and then traveled home.
“In counties with the largest relative inflow to the event, the per 1,000 case rate increased by 10.7 percent after 24 days following the onset of Sturgis Pre-Rally Events,” the researchers wrote.
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And so quickly too.
Magically it appears
IZA Inst is a marxist promoting organization.
So how many got tested, I cry boloney.
“linked to more than 250,000 Coronavirus cases, study finds!”
That’s a load of crap
Typical fake news by a major fake news outlet.
i didn’t seethe cdc numbers jump. More fake news.
How many deaths?
How low of an IQ do you have to possess to believe this dirge? 75? 50? Ridiculously false, yet there it is...presented to We The People as “science.”
Define “case”.
Looks like they did their part to bring us closer to herd immunity. Thanks guys!
Harley-Davidson riders and owners average age is 55. They should be dropping like flies.......................
Stupid stupid article. There is no research on this, but there is ... gasp ... a computer model. Well waddya know folks? Same way Global Warming was ‘proven.’ Same way ‘2-gazillion-million’ Covid deaths were predicted.
I’ll bet my bottom dollar that there is grant money behind this; ‘write a grant about Sturgis and the ‘possible’ spread of WuFlu.’ The scientists have made a Faustian bargain, as have the universities.
Bunch of horse patooey. And it is so smug and self-righteous. You never see that attitude in reporting about the RIOTS AND MAYHEM of BLM or Antifa. ‘They had no masks, they did not do social distancing.’ PISH
Deaths continus to decline.
This BS will be a daily occurrence in the media/academia world until November 3rd. Desperately hoping just one Fake News story will stick and doom President Trump. It will not.
If msn said so it must be true. Hope Billy G hurries up with that vaccine.
‘each would have to infect 1000 people’ - THIS is the kind of statistics I like.
Arson kills the virus...
Total unadulterated garbage. Reminds me of the widely cited Lancet “study” which turned out to be totally made up from thin air.
That's why the rioters burn down the buildings. The flames kill the virus...
Well they Sturgis crowd should have told the tracer they were at a protest/riot. I would never tell them where I was.
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