"Our people are happy. We've had big events" — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem isn't sweating a study showing that the Sturgis motorcycle rally, which everyone knew was a terrible idea, ended up being a superspreader event pic.twitter.com/MzBFP64C26
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 9, 2020
Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota in August linked to more than 250,000 coronavirus cases, study finds https://t.co/85TdbJ6Pf1
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) September 8, 2020
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was "superspreading event" that cost public health $12.2 billion: analysis https://t.co/Xnu4bvvIhJ pic.twitter.com/krMuy3ZAtC
— The Hill (@thehill) September 8, 2020
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Linked to More Than 260,000 Coronavirus Cases, Economists Estimate https://t.co/a7djOFHmQJ
— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) September 8, 2020
New analysis on Covid spread triggered by Sturgis event and implicated in the current epidemic in South Dakota. The estimates in this paper, if confirmed, would place Sturgis as the largest studied super spreading event in U.S. https://t.co/cNiTTs3Ilz
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) September 8, 2020
We estimate that over 250,000 of the reported cases between August 2 and September 2 are due to the Sturgis Rally. Roughly 19 percent of the national cases during this timeframe. https://t.co/6tCCV6aXYf
— Andrew Friedson (@FriedsonAndrew) September 6, 2020
2 weeks after the Sturgis motorcycle rally, South Dakota has the highest positivity rate (20.9%) in the country.
— Henry J. Kraven (@HenryJKraven) September 7, 2020
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) hits reports that the Sturgis bike rally led to ~260,000 COVID cases: "They have deemed me as the governor that made all the wrong decisions by letting my people have freedom … Listen, our people are happy, we've had big events."https://t.co/eEDMmTaw6n pic.twitter.com/bqSHC9wFZo
— The Recount (@therecount) September 9, 2020
South Dakota Gov. Noem disputes report that Sturgis motorcycle rally may have caused as many as 250,000 COVID-19 infections.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 9, 2020
The state reported a 126% increase in new coronavirus cases over the last 2 weeks, with one death linked to the rally. https://t.co/g2x1OKpJ6W
Sturgis herd immunity virus experiment fails – no distancing, no masks – 266,000 infections – vrooom, vroom – to ER – https://t.co/QIWBJvUR6M
— jonflan@aol.com (@JonFlan) September 9, 2020
Sad! 