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Sturgis motorcycle rally, which drew more than 400,000 people in South Dakota in August linked to more than 250,000 Coronavirus cases, study finds
MSN ^ | 09/09/2020 | Ciara Linnane

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.

Inside a bar in Sturgis, S.D., during the rally, which Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, supported holding without significant public health protocols.

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.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: chickenlittle; covid19; fakedata; fakenews; fearmonger; motorcylerally; plannedemic; southdakota; sturgis
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To: Dilbert San Diego

And so quickly too.

Magically it appears


21 posted on 09/09/2020 12:24:28 PM PDT by South Dakota (This is what I do. I drink and I know things)
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To: dp0622

22 posted on 09/09/2020 12:24:50 PM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: SeekAndFind

IZA Inst is a marxist promoting organization.


23 posted on 09/09/2020 12:25:08 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

So how many got tested, I cry boloney.


24 posted on 09/09/2020 12:25:15 PM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: Puppage

“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.


25 posted on 09/09/2020 12:25:17 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (11/3/2020! VOTE FOR JOBS! NOT RIOTING BLM/ANTIFA/DEM/MOBS! POLICE FOR US! NOT JUST FOR THE ELITE!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

i didn’t seethe cdc numbers jump. More fake news.


26 posted on 09/09/2020 12:25:19 PM PDT by NicoDon
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To: SeekAndFind

How many deaths?


27 posted on 09/09/2020 12:25:29 PM PDT by sanjuanbob
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To: SeekAndFind

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.”


28 posted on 09/09/2020 12:25:29 PM PDT by montag813 (Nonsenze)
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To: SeekAndFind

Define “case”.

Looks like they did their part to bring us closer to herd immunity. Thanks guys!


29 posted on 09/09/2020 12:25:35 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: SeekAndFind
And...


30 posted on 09/09/2020 12:25:46 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: mplc51

Harley-Davidson riders and owners average age is 55. They should be dropping like flies.......................


31 posted on 09/09/2020 12:26:00 PM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: SeekAndFind

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


32 posted on 09/09/2020 12:26:22 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: sanjuanbob

Deaths continus to decline.


33 posted on 09/09/2020 12:26:43 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SeekAndFind

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.


34 posted on 09/09/2020 12:26:52 PM PDT by ocrp1982
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To: Puppage
That’s a load of crap.

If msn said so it must be true. Hope Billy G hurries up with that vaccine.

35 posted on 09/09/2020 12:27:04 PM PDT by SKI NOW
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To: MustKnowHistory

‘each would have to infect 1000 people’ - THIS is the kind of statistics I like.


36 posted on 09/09/2020 12:27:41 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: bboop

Arson kills the virus...


37 posted on 09/09/2020 12:27:49 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SeekAndFind

Total unadulterated garbage. Reminds me of the widely cited Lancet “study” which turned out to be totally made up from thin air.


38 posted on 09/09/2020 12:29:06 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: dp0622
The left doesn’t believe in religion but they believe that somehow mystical powers are thrust upon those who loot and burn and pillage and kill. They cannot transfer the virus.

That's why the rioters burn down the buildings. The flames kill the virus...

39 posted on 09/09/2020 12:29:26 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: a fool in paradise

Well they Sturgis crowd should have told the tracer they were at a protest/riot. I would never tell them where I was.


40 posted on 09/09/2020 12:30:11 PM PDT by funfan
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