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

[euram]

yet, not a single case has been attributed to the riots. Maybe the bikers should have rioted, looted, vandalized, and burned down the town, then they would have been OK.

[mlo]

"Essentially, the researchers assumed that new spikes in cases in areas where people went post-rally must have been caused by those rally attendees, despite there being no particular evidence that this was the case. The paper, which has not been peer-reviewed, failed to account for simultaneous happenings—like schools in South Dakota reopening, among other things—that could have contributed to coronavirus spread in some of the studied areas."

"The researchers also assumed a $46,000 price tag for each person infected to calculate the $12.2 billion public health cost of the event—but this figure would only make sense if every person had a severe case requiring hospitalization."

No, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Didn't Spawn 250,000 Coronavirus Cases

[treetopsandroofs]

Funny how rioters don’t cause outbreaks.

[Cobra64]

Anyone who believes this crap is a total moron.

[left that other site]

Already debunked by S. Dakota Gov. Noem.

[Dave Wright]

The increase in new cases is the inevitable result of people getting back to normal life. The issue has never been about new cases it is only about the ability of the health care system to cope with the most at risk populations that require hospitalization.

There has only been one death reported by an attendee and the counties that saw increases have all continued to declined without proportional increases in mortality.

The organization that funded this study is affiliated with far left climate change and economic inequality organizations in Germany and the economic impact of this seems to be highly inflated. If this was credible there would be many more US health agencies citing it including the CDC.

[lightman]

The pseudoscientists had written the "report" before the event had concluded. In many places it takes two weeks or longer to get test results. And "positives" ≠ "infections" ≠ "cases"

[wastedyears]

Nothing about any protest/riot causing an outbreak though.

[Walrus]

The key phrase is “linked to”

This is a case of confirmation bias run amok

[yldstrk]

A day ago I read Sturgis was connected to 200 cases and one death of a sixty year old with underlying conditions. I tend to believe that.

[FreedomNotSafety]

Even if 100% accurate, so what? Does any one remember the quaint notion of slowing the spread so as not to overwhelm the healthcare system?

So free people made free decisions and maybe a few will get so sick they will die is that a crisis?

Health care costs? I’m sure most bikers have health insurance that they pay for. They aren’t usually a bunch of leeches.

[mac_truck]

“linked”

[SES1066]

I smells multiple PHDs at work here, “Piled High & Deep”, angling for grant monies! Rally was last month so should this ‘link’ show as a spike?

[Flick Lives]

Somebody is pulling numbers out of a hat. I read the actual study (http://ftp.iza.org/dp13670.pdf). Nowhere in that study does it say 250,000 were infected. In the paper it says the event could *draw* 250,000 people based on references to other published articles.

[qwerty1234]

Better headline:

“Scientists claim, without any evidence, that the Sturgis motorcycle rally, which drew more than 400,000 people in South Dakota in August linked to more than 250,000 Coronavirus cases”

[HotKat]

Again I ask: how many people died?

[originalbuckeye]

Ditto

[butlerweave]

More Fake Testing ?

[TalBlack]

I bet real scientists doing actual science were involved with this study. I bet they didn’t have any idea where it would all end up when they were done. I bet we all have to believe them because they went to college and everything.

[originalbuckeye]

So far, one 60’year old man has died and he had co-morbidities.

The point of this article is to circulate: ‘the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will cost the Healthcare Industry $22.2 BILLION in Healthcare costs’. It is to build up support for Socialized Medicine.