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Sturgis motorcycle rally was a 'superspreader event'
The full expanse of this tragedy is actually unknown... as to how many have been and continue to be infected, by the collateral infections resulting from those who attended.
In early August, more than 460,000 motorcycle enthusiasts converged on Sturgis, S.D., for a 10-day celebration where few wore facial coverings or practiced social distancing. A month later, researchers have found that thousands have been sickened across the nation, leading them to brand the Sturgis rally a “superspreader” event.
The researchers found that the rally, which hosted 462,182 people between Aug. 7 and 16, “generated substantial public health costs,” totaling $12.2 billion. (That calculation is based on figures on health care costs associated with the coronavirus from another IZA study.)
The authors note that the cost was “enough to have paid each of the estimated 462,182 rally attendees $26,553.64 not to attend.”
The full expanse of this tragedy is actually unknown... as to how many have been and continue to be infected, by the collateral infections resulting from those who attended.