The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota has been linked to more than 260,000 coronavirus cases in the U.S., according to a recent study by a group of economists.
"The only large factors working to prevent the spread of infection was the outdoor venue, and low population density in the state of South Dakota," the economists wrote. A full 90.7 percent of smartphone pings came from phones registered outside South Dakota—18.6 from border states and 72.1 percent from the remainder of the U.S., the economists found.
The economists found that after multiplying the percent case increases for these counties by each county's respective pre-rally cumulative COVID-19 cases and aggregating, a total of 263,708 cases in these locations could be attributed to the rally.
I call bullshit
Damn bikers are dumber than a door
We will never know the true number of Covid19 cases that are linked to protests, rioting, and looting since they were told not to ask people if they did. Also how do you know if these numbers are accurate? There could be a lot of Dems saying they went to Sturgis but didn't.
The epitome of irresponsible reporting and stretching the truth..
Horseshit!
It generated over a $10 trillion dollars in revenue, brokered a peace accord for all the world, placed the first human on Mars & ended the left-wing media hypocrcy. Go big or go home!
You don't say. Well paint me shocked. 250K Knuckleheads.
100 nights of riots, the media never mentions coronavirus, one bike rally, and it’s all the sudden important?
FuknFakeNews
At this rate Trump is going to wipe out his entire base just using the Coronavirus!
Report from a team of economic students & a professor is your source? So, if 1 week of bikers = 250,000 cases then 14 weeks of rioters = 3,500,000 cases Maybe even higher for the rioters because of the densely populated cities. Newsweek is so full of it...
Herman Cain is coughing in his grave right now.
But those so called peaceful protesters isn’t now that is crap
The only people anyone can blame are the ones who took part in the rally that did not follow any safety protocols of wearing masks and social distancing. Their shameful acts are an insult to the frontliners who are dying each day trying to keep us all safe. Just shameful.
Oh well, die.
Economists are scientists now
Oh hell, let’s just make it 2 million cases since we’re making stuff up. Actually 2.5 million sounds better doesn’t it?
So they Herman Cain'd themselves. The country is better off w/out them.
WELL DESERVED! THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS! CORONAVIRUS HAS VERY FINE PEOPLE ON THEIR SIDE TOO!
Not even close to true
Not surprised at all by that.
Gonna be a lot of motorcycles for sale after these covidiots buy the farm. Yay, freedom.
Economists are now experts in pathology.
Since when did economists become epidemic experts? Fake news as always. Trump2020
Oh and where’s governor KKKristy Noem during this outbreak. In...Ohio? Raising funds for the GOP?
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