Another big event starts up in South Dakota as infections from Sturgis motorcycle rally rise

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

The South Dakota State Fair opens Thursday and will run through Sept. 7. While it's not clear how many people plan to attend this year's event, more than 200,000 people visited the fair last year, according to the state's department of agriculture.

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"Exposure to COVID-19 is an inherent risk in any public location where people are present," according to the fair website. "By visiting the South Dakota State Fairgrounds, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19."

The state fair comes on the heels of last month's Sturgis motorcycle rally, which was attended by hundreds of thousands of people. At least 290 people in 12 states who attended the rally have tested positive for COVID-19, according to The Associated Press. A man from Minnesota who attended the rally has died.

Republican Gov. Kristi Noem supported holding the rally in her state. "We are not -- and WILL not -- be the subjects of an elite class of so-called experts," she tweeted in August. "We the People are the government."

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Testing in South Dakota is currently showing about a 15% positive rate, which suggests that there's not enough tests being performed to catch all the cases.

[George II]

1. Thankfully no one from my part of the country will be going.

[Evolve Dammit]

2. Sign 'em up for the pig scramble. First prize is a box of unused masks leftover from Sturgis.

[GoneOffShore]

8. And a used Harley.

[George II]

17. Or a Harley that won't be used anymore.

[GoneOffShore]

27. Well played, sir!

[Hekate]

3. The motto for the death of our republic is Gov. Noem's proud statement...

“We are not -- and WILL not -- be the subjects of an elite class of so-called experts.”

Yeah, those egghead scientists are just all about disrespecting the proud Americans who dropped out of community college without ever even seeing a science text.

The stupid, it seriously hurts.

[colorado_ufo]

25. No, let's not listen to the so-called experts.

Just put your very life in the hands of contestants on the amateur hour. Let's not trust doctors; why not let one of the Harley riders remove your appendix?

[DENVERPOPS]

26. She loves it !!!!!!!!!!!!!

She collects the massive State Tax Revenue from these events and then ignores the consequences.......

[Squidly]

4. Noem is an idiot

she was worthless in the Senate and shes worthless as a Governor. She will hold that office for as long as she wants it since in SD if you are a repuke you are pretty much guaranteed to be voted in. its redder than red and corrupt as hell. I hated living there.

[DonaldsRump]

10. Has this fool said anything? Has she acknowledge that perhaps Sturgis was mistake?

Call me naive, but seriously how could she have allowed this to happen.

I guess we're going to have a lot of used Harley's for sale in the coming weeks. Joking...and not joking.

[oldsoftie]

11. But was it really? 290 cases out of 250-300K attendees? Not as much as I expected.

I know this is a contrarian view here, but we take risks doing anything. And Sturgis has been over for more than 2 weeks & 290 isnt much of a number. I really thought we'd see 2-3000 or more.
Same with the Wisconsin primary; 1.5 million voted & how many cases were ever connected to that? 100? Likely because everyone I saw voting wore a mask.
This stuff isnt going away; we're going to have to realize that we have to be vigilant all the time for the foreseeable future. But we also cant stop doing stuff. its bad for your MENTAL health.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

18. It's NOT as many cases as YOU expected....YET!!!! "'Amemba" what happened in NY & NJ? There's

something called a "LAG TIME". Remember that ALOT of the blockhead idjits went to Sturgis, in the MIDDLE OF A DEADLY PANDEMIC caused by LEVEL 4 NOVEL PATHOGEN & based on the ever increasing number strains, a VERY promiscuous RNA virus with shifting antigens, meaning that with every new infection, the virus changes it's surface proteins, which makes it, IMHO, IMPOSSIBLE to get an actual, safe & EFFECTIVE vaccine to pop up out of the ether by Nov 1st.

Pair that with the ACTUALITY that alot of ME's, labs & hospitals are either NOT reporting the ACTUAL number of SARS 2/CoV19 &/or straight up LYING about what is causing all the deaths. Just give it some time. TRUST ME ON THIS....

[Squidly]

22. Are you friggin serious?!?!

"If anything, theres temptation to inflate the numbers of admissions because they'll get more money for Covid related cases."

You just spewed a HUGE rwnj LIE.

That is completely false. CNN just had a dr on from Ames IA that dispelled this myth and was quite insulted that someone would claim this. Maybe someone more post savvy can find the clip, but they just covered this a couple hours ago.

[Jimbo S]

28. This

I believe the conclusion was 24 additional positives in Wisconsin due to voting in the April primary. No known deaths. I take COVID seriously, but the hype on social media, MSNBC, etc. at times makes me shake my head.

The OpenWisconsin right-wing rally at the end of April ended up spread-free despite the claims of many that several multiple Republican deaths would occur.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

16. I grew up there and do not recognize the state as it is now.

True, Tom Daschle was a moderate Democratic senator, but he was still a Democratic senator.

I agree with you. The state's just a muck-filled land of corruption from Noem all the way down to Sanford....er...Sioux Falls.

[Squidly]

23. I read an article a few years back

that ranked the corruption in SD government second in the country only behind NJ.

[steve2470]

5. so-called experts ? So don't go to your doctor any more

We'll see how you do with that and how long you live.

Ignorance is the new black, in SD anyway.

[iluvtennis]

6. It's absurd to hold a big fair during a pandemic - I just don't get it...other than it s about $$$.

During 1918 pandemic Philadelphia was told not to hold a big parade, they did any way and the results were disastrous with thousands catching the Spanish flu.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/philadelphia-threw-wwi-parade-gave-thousands-onlookers-flu-180970372/

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Yup. That's why just over 100 years later we LOCKED DOWN

and are still pretty much restricting more activities than the rest of the state. Not gonna make that damn mistake again!

[progree]

7. #1 Sodak, #2 Iowa, #3 NoDak --in daily new cases per capita, 7 day moving avg. No kidding

Incredible, South Dakota is now the #1 hot spot in number of recent cases per capita

Daily new cases, PER 100,000, 7 day moving average,
#1 South Dakota
#2 Iowa - another close neighbor of SoDak
#3 North Dakota
...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

Scroll down to the "Cases and deaths by state and county" table.
Sort it by the "per 100,000" column that follows the "cases in last 7 days" column

And all 3 states are sharply rising as seen by the little maps of each and every state near the top of the page

[Squidly]

24. the numbers for iowa

are primarily due to 3 major colleges reopening and the party culture of the students...huge outbreaks at U of I, ISU and UNI. At least the Governor here shut the bars down again in the counties surrounding the schools. She really needs to implement a statewide mask mandate, but that wont happen cause she wii upset her orange overlord.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

32. It's due to Kim Reynolds being unfit for office.

Iowa isn't the only state with party colleges. I'm not sure where you're at but outside of a few larger towns you won't see a single person socially distancing or wearing a mask. This state has become a dump. How do you go from overwhelmingly supporting Obama and having one of the most liberal Senators to putting in Joni Ernst and becoming the heart of Trump country? It's sad and pathetic.

[Squidly]

33. oh I agree

I travel the entire state for work, and I see about 50/50 mask vs no mask, but first hand accounts of bars being filled to capacity during move in week is when the numbers started to spike again. Remember, we were the state that kept sending that POS King to Congress every election. Ernst, Reynolds, all beholden to tRump. A big part of it I blame on all the AM stations that run RW radio all day long along with faux. I also see a lot of racism in this state mainly in the rural areas...lots of Confederate flags flying around.
I dont think theres a single answer why there are do many cultists here, but I'm hoping the larger cities come through and cancel out the rural vote. There are more of us than them, we just need to GOTV.

[Progressive dog]

9. NY State canceled the state fair

for this year. https://nysfair.ny.gov/

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

19. So did California...The thing about Science is this- pick & choose IF YA WANT TO. See these dumb-

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asses need to fall to their knees & thank the Good Man Above that I'M NOT THE 1 IN CONTROL of the local medcenter. Because when they showed up in desperate need of help at the local clinic or hospital, I'd have a vid of their idiotic comments & give them the address to the local witch doctor because, "WE'RE ALL ELITE EXPERTS, REMEMBER?" Oh & before you go, here, take this card filled with my "thoughts & prayers". C YA! Let me know how it works out for you OR give me the name of your survivor who I'll talk to.

[hatrack]

12. If you really love corn dogs, DIE FOR THEM!!!!

[empedocles]

13. 'Duh'

[tanyev]

14. Ooh, those elite experts with their science and their knowledge!

[Squinch]

15. You know how conservatives get all butthurt about how liberals look down on them and think

they're stupid?

Conservatives are really, really, really stupid.

[suegeo]

29. Might I suggest you post this in the South Dakota forum?

I posted news about the rally in Latest Breaking News earlier in August.

The moderators locked the topic because it wasn't news of National interest.

The story in the OP is interesting, but not interesting on a national level.

If you post in the South Dakota forum, people will continue to be able to see just how fu*ked up the South Dakota GOP and S.D. GOP voters are.

On edit: Here's the rule from the Statement of Purpose of the LBN forum:

Post the latest news from reputable mainstream news websites and blogs. Important news of national interest only.

[lagomorph777]

30. South COVIDIA

will be their new name, posthumously.

[NickB79]

31. I'm sure a bunch of MN residents will be making a road trip

What with our beloved State Fair cancelled. A few of my co-workers crossed the border for Sturgis. God knows how many this will infect.