Daytona motorcycle rally goes on despite pandemic

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Daytona Beach's annual Bike Week has brought tens of thousands of motorcyclists to the city and its neighbors this weekend — and few of them are wearing masks.

The city made a bargain with its bars — 60% capacity indoors in return for the permits necessary for temporary outdoor sales and entertainment. The city is trying to avoid what happened at the Sturgis, South Dakota, motorcycle rally in August — that event led to a disputed number of infections around the country, ranging from several hundred to tens or hundreds of thousands.

“I’m grateful to be open for Bike Week, grateful that the city allowed the vendors and the full Bike Week thing,” said Bobby Honeycutt, owner of Froggy’s Saloon, told The Daytona Beach News-Journal as the 10-day event began Friday. The bar is limited to 102 customers inside, but is serving from tubs and bars outside.

The Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the event, estimates 300,000 to 400,000 motorcyclists will attend. It typically draws 500,000.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/daytona-motorcycle-rally-goes-on-despite-pandemic/ar-BB1ejuPf?li=BBnb7Kz

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[soothsayer]

1. Cuz it worked so well with Sturgis

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6947e1.htm

[Chainfire]

2. Haven't you heard? The pandemic is over down here.

I had some business to attend to in South Georgia yesterday. I went into three businesses, all of whom had sizable crowds of people. I was the only person in the businesses with a mask. People sneered at me like I was a leper. I had to fuel up, and, again, no masks. As I drove through town, the sidewalks were busy with shoppers and eaters, and no masks anywhere. We are going to be due for another Covid bomb any time now.

[marble falls]

3. C'mon, it's a last chance blow-out for a lot of them before the FBI catches up with them ...

... over their Jan 6 shenanigans.

[rockfordfile]

4. Idiots

[mitch96]

5. I love to go to Daytona bike week, but not this year.. Just asking for trouble..nt

[BlueNProud]

6. Sturgis By the Sea.

[FloridaBlues]

7. Florida has thousands of spring breakers here as well

[Groundhawg]

8. this kind of event should be able to be done safely. All outdoors and bikes are definitely 6' apart.

[mitch96]

9. Accept all the bikes and people on Main St... and the bars... Oh the bars... wall to wall...

[Groundhawg]

10. I have tried its impossible to get closer than 6' away from another person while on my bike.

[mitch96]

11. It's a stretch but it can be done... ;)