Current Events > 250,000 Bikers to Defy Common Sense for Nine Days at Sturgis Rally

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Exeggcute
08/07/20 10:09:50 AM
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Friday is the official start of the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, where 250,000 people are expected to gather in the South Dakota town of that name for nine days of defying proven precautions against the spread of COVID-19.
Nobody is social distancing and none of them are wearing masks, local psychologist Michael Fellner told The Daily Beast. None.
Fellner is originally from Brooklyn in New York City, which was once the nations COVID-19 epicenter but has just reported three straight days without a single death from the virus. The transformation is almost certainly the result of the same precautions the bikers in Sturgis are ignoring.
The Sturgis Rallys own official website has a COVID tracker tab that links to the South Dakota Health Department site, where offerings include a risk assessment for public gatherings.
Highest risk: Large, in-person gatherings where it is difficult for individuals to remain spaced at least 6 feet apart and attendees travel from multiple areas, it advises.
As the rallys Facebook page attests, the bikers come from across the country.
Leaving from NH today. See ya soon! posted Howard Saborn of New Hampshire.
Coming for the 1st time on Saturday from Virginia, Vickie Farmer announced.
On our way now. Stopped in Missouri to sleep. Be there Thursday night, Jesse Robison of Georgia posted.
Be there Friday from San Angelo Tx., David Buckner said.
On my way I aint scared of the media flue or as we call it round here election flue see ya soon sd, J.F. Watson of Ohio said.
Just call it a big protest !! And it be A-Ok!! J. Toothman, also of Ohio, suggested.
Rod Florquest of Wyoming was among the thousands who had arrived early.
You really have to look to see someone wearing a mask, he reported, as though this was a good thing.
And, having come from seemingly everywhere with whatever virus they might happen to carry, they will all mingle and return home with any virus they happen to pick up. Some will have purchased one of the souvenir T-shirts that retired school counselor Linda Chaplin of Sturgis saw a street vendor selling. The front reads:
Screw COVID-19, I came to Sturgis

https://www.yahoo.com/news/screw-covid-250-000-bikers-083423022.html

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Tired-Insomniac
08/07/20 10:19:14 AM
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America doesn't deserve to survive COVID-19

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LastTomorrow
08/07/20 10:21:51 AM
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Half of them are going to die

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tigerslashII
08/07/20 10:24:32 AM
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Good, fuck the government.

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DarthAragorn
08/07/20 4:13:47 PM
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My mom was just talking shit last night about how South Dakota didn't shut things down and doesn't wear masks or whatever and has few cases

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Ivany2008
08/07/20 4:14:55 PM
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How long until the feds show up and start arresting people? Though with that number, it will probably turn into a damn massacre.
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nevershine
08/07/20 4:15:31 PM
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KiwiTerraRizing
08/07/20 4:18:32 PM
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Most of the people going are fat old weekend bikers who spent 30k on a mediocre Harley because they saw Easy Rider as a teenager.

Lots of deaths from this

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MabusIncarnate
08/07/20 4:18:55 PM
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The biker community has a lot of obesity, and a lot of smokers/drinkers. There are going to be a lot of lives lost over this, I hope having their little week long party was worth a lot of them losing friends and family for.

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a-c-a-b
08/07/20 4:20:38 PM
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Most of the people going are fat old weekend bikers who spent 30k on a mediocre Harley because they saw Easy Rider as a teenager.

Lots of deaths from this

They also drive their SUV to get there with their bike on a trailer.
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MabusIncarnate
08/07/20 4:22:03 PM
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GregShmedley posted...
Very wishful thinking but I hope we do not see a massive spike from this. Other than the obvious reason, it would be nice to know that being outdoors immensely reduces spread. Though there's the small possibility no one has it there...very small possibility.
There's a lot of indoor bars and shops there also, and the most unfortunate part is so many of these people will ride across states to go to this event. That means they will all disperse across the entire USA after it's over, and will be traveling for days, stopping at gas stations, restaurants, etc. They clearly have no interest in wearing masks either.

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Hummer 2
08/07/20 4:22:14 PM
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Real Americans
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DP3
08/07/20 4:22:51 PM
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LastTomorrow posted...
Half of them are going to die

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EvilutionV316
08/07/20 4:25:29 PM
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LastTomorrow posted...
All of them are going to die

Fixed it for you.


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ohiostate124
08/07/20 4:27:45 PM
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Remember the rumors that Antifa was going to show in Sturgis to fuck with them? Lol.
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Boombam99
08/07/20 4:28:35 PM
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250,000 overweight, middle-aged to old bikers gathering in one place from all over America.

What could possibly go wrong?
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MabusIncarnate
08/07/20 4:30:01 PM
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If cases start to blow up, the event organizers should be sued. No part of this is intelligent.

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monkmith
08/07/20 4:30:18 PM
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ohiostate124 posted...
Remember the rumors that Antifa was going to show in Sturgis to fuck with them? Lol.
antifa is the conservative boogie man.

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garan
08/07/20 4:31:47 PM
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Most of the people going are fat old weekend bikers who spent 30k on a mediocre Harley because they saw Easy Rider as a teenager.

Lots of deaths from this


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Unknown361
08/07/20 4:33:16 PM
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monkmith posted...
antifa is the conservative boogie man.
@ohiostate124
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ohiostate124
08/07/20 4:33:55 PM
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Unknown361 posted...
@ohiostate124
Yes?
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__aCEr__
08/07/20 4:36:54 PM
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live feed of Main Street:

https://sturgis.live/feeds/main-st-hd-way/

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DarthAragorn
08/07/20 4:39:46 PM
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i hate this shitty fucking country
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Unknown361
08/07/20 4:54:31 PM
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DarthAragorn posted...
i hate this shitty fucking country
Right wingers are really something special, makes me wonder why conservatives in other countries are far more intelligent than the conservatives in America...
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3PiesAndAFork
08/07/20 4:55:03 PM
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Unknown361 posted...
Right wingers are really something special, makes me wonder why conservatives in other countries are far more intelligent than the conservatives in America...
They're not. Just fewer of them.

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Tyranthraxus
08/07/20 4:56:40 PM
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It should be legal to refuse medical service to these people.

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CADE FOSTER
08/07/20 5:17:34 PM
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Trump supporters doing stupid sht news at 11
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bigtiggie23
08/07/20 5:29:02 PM
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The next big biker event after this is in Reno next month. I thought they already cancelled it like every other event for the rest of the year in our area but apparently it's still a go. That's just great.
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mybbqrules
08/07/20 7:55:03 PM
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Tired-Insomniac posted...
America doesn't deserve to survive COVID-19
Imagine how things would be going if the Mango Moron had come out immediately saying "This is very contagious. Wear masks, practice social distancing, wash your hands. And here is Dr. Fauci with more information."

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Lonestar2000
08/07/20 7:58:12 PM
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God, bikers are so fucking stupid.

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ohiostate124
08/07/20 8:00:18 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
It should be legal to refuse medical service to these people.
I thought it was a human right
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Irony
08/07/20 8:01:05 PM
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Wonder if that hospital religion thing Trump did could apply to bikers

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EverDownward
08/07/20 8:02:42 PM
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Hummer 2 posted...
Real Americans
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meralonne
08/07/20 8:06:02 PM
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ohiostate124 posted...
I thought it was a human right

While I agree that health care should be a human right (despite the current regime doing everything it can to fuck with actually providing it for everyone), these people have no right to endanger their fellow citizens in such a fashion.

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Poop2
08/07/20 8:06:43 PM
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250,000 idiots who obviously dont wear helmets
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Flauros
08/07/20 8:09:12 PM
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These are people who ride bikes with no helmets and only a leather vest to protect against road rash.

They dont care about corona.

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-Kush-
08/07/20 8:13:59 PM
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Lol at post 2 hahahaha

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OgesMC
08/07/20 8:16:47 PM
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The entire country has been disregarding social distancing since the start, not to mention the protesters and rioters standing shoulder to shoulder every day. Who cares if bikers are doing their thing in the place designated for it every year? Add them to the growing list of morons that get sick after saying fuck covid, but lets not get hypocritical.
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StucklnMyPants
08/07/20 8:19:26 PM
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The bikers should peacefully protest instead so that way they won't get Covid.

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Dark_SilverX
08/07/20 8:20:12 PM
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A rally is similar to a protest, where people gather around one another, so no COVID-19 transmission will occur during this.

They will be fine.

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-Kush-
08/07/20 8:20:26 PM
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It's pretty sad practically every country is trying hard to contain the virus but Americans don't give a shit.

Tell them to wear something as simple as a fucking mask and they whine about freedom.

What a fucking joke.

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ohiostate124
08/07/20 8:22:10 PM
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Dark_SilverX posted...
A rally is similar to a protest, where people gather around one another, so no COVID-19 transmission will occur during this.

They will be fine.
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CM_Ponch
08/07/20 8:22:10 PM
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Good for them, I'm sure this will work out great for them, hoping for the best

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Tyranthraxus
08/08/20 2:49:52 AM
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ohiostate124 posted...
I thought it was a human right

Intentionally spreading plague is not a human right.

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Unit7
08/08/20 3:00:27 AM
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Reading the title I just fucking realized Sturgis is in SD.

I fucking live in SD. So far we have been pretty lucky(also helps the state is 90% farm and field)

but now we are gonna have a bunch of assholes from out of state that might fuck it up.
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IMNOTRAGED
08/08/20 3:17:48 AM
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OgesMC posted...
The entire country has been disregarding social distancing since the start,

Not true at all, for at least the first couple of months people on the whole followed guidelines pretty well. Our spike in cases is almost entirely on inaction by national "leaders" and some states reopening too quickly.

https://www.physiciansweekly.com/adherence-to-social-distancing/

OgesMC posted...
not to mention the protesters and rioters standing shoulder to shoulder every day. Who cares if bikers are doing their thing in the place designated for it every year? Add them to the growing list of morons that get sick after saying fuck covid, but lets not get hypocritical.

We have a very large set of evidence now showing that being outside especially with masks on is mostly fine even in crowds. Not that it can't spread, just not enough to cause a significant increase on the whole.

Indoor areas with poor circulation on the other hand are basically guaranteed to spread it.

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hockeybub89
08/08/20 3:20:56 AM
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Tired-Insomniac posted...
America doesn't deserve to survive COVID-19
Amen

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