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(3,137 posts) Wed Aug 19, 2020, 10:20 AM Aug 2020

A person with Covid-19 may have exposed others at a bar during Sturgis motorcycle rally [View all]

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Source: CNN

A person who spent hours at a bar during the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota last week has tested positive for Covid-19, state health officials said Tuesday.

The potential exposure came during the city's 80th annual Sturgis motorcycle rally August 7-16.
Health experts were concerned the mass gathering could be a "super-spreader" event, as many attendees travel from all over the country -- including coronavirus hotspots -- and could bring infections back home when they return.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/us/sturgis-south-dakota-rally-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

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A person with Covid-19 may have exposed others at a bar during Sturgis motorcycle rally [View all] suegeo Aug 2020 OP

Well couldn't see this coming............... turbinetree Aug 2020 #1

Well duh BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #2

The music was so loud I had to lean in suegeo Aug 2020 #29

...with all the doors and windows closed. BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #33

I've been wondering how long it would take. fleur-de-lisa Aug 2020 #3

Who da thunk it teztkals Aug 2020 #14

WTF were they thinking is pretty straight forward..... KS Toronado Aug 2020 #15

What virus? Scarsdale Aug 2020 #45

Use that cell phone tracker software for Sturgis. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2020 #4

If NORAD does it, it'll be like tracking Santa. CaptYossarian Aug 2020 #23

Shocked! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #5

Oops! PatSeg Aug 2020 #6

Gee, ya think? pamdb Aug 2020 #7

"A Person"? Only one person? Pachamama Aug 2020 #8

Exactly.... mjvpi Aug 2020 #37

Yep...this is the shot across the bow. Bengus81 Aug 2020 #40

Dumbasses gotta dumbass. Squinch Aug 2020 #9

No one could have seen this coming. No one IronLionZion Aug 2020 #10

This is news? Trueblue Texan Aug 2020 #11

Come on. Do they actually think there was only one person there... brush Aug 2020 #12

No! Say it isn't so! Ilsa Aug 2020 #13

Shocked... Roy Rolling Aug 2020 #16

wow! no one saw this coming AT ALL TalenaGor Aug 2020 #17

Obligatory... Alacritous Crier Aug 2020 #18

color me surprised... Javaman Aug 2020 #19

Least surprising news of year---so far. (nt) Paladin Aug 2020 #20

Let me guess - they were checking for temperatures and had hand santiizer everywhere? Initech Aug 2020 #21

This may be a super spreader event Gothmog Aug 2020 #22

Okay. people--who had Tuesday? CaptYossarian Aug 2020 #24

ya think llashram Aug 2020 #25

Let the Super Spreading begin among these MAGAt's aeromanKC Aug 2020 #26

Lol jcgoldie Aug 2020 #27

The likelihood is that... Happy Hoosier Aug 2020 #28

may ? there is about a percent of the entire us pop. drray23 Aug 2020 #30

Apparently some people are super spreaders and they can infect many, many others. LisaL Aug 2020 #43

there are known knowns Voltaire2 Aug 2020 #31

After watching the movie Contagion you can see how this virus can spread like wildfire in a bar kimbutgar Aug 2020 #32

Security fence to protect wingnut Gov. Noem suegeo Aug 2020 #34

COVIDIOTS Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 #35

Bound to happen and Raine Aug 2020 #36

That went with "A" case of STD. mjvpi Aug 2020 #38

This year's rally could go down as this pandemic's 1918 Philadelphia Liberty Loan parade. HotTeaBag Aug 2020 #39

Doctor: who were you around for tracing purposes?? Beer gut Trump lover: oh...about 250,000 others Bengus81 Aug 2020 #41

Like somebody already posted, there might be some good deals on used motorcycles soon. LisaL Aug 2020 #42

hate to say it but we'll see hundreds or thousands of new COVID cases from Sturgis steve2470 Aug 2020 #44

After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING applegrove Aug 2020 #46