One of the largest motorcycle rallies in the world was still held in Sturgis, South Dakota, during the COVID-19 pandemic last summer, which the media claimed led to more than 266,000 COVID-19 cases, or nearly one in five of every case reported in America at the time.
The number of cases came from a study by San Diego State University professors published in September, just a month following the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
The Sturgis city manager, Daniel Ainslie, said the study and other models that predicted their hospitals would be overwhelmed were wrong.
The media linked anywhere from one to about five fatalities to Sturgis, but Ainslie said none were scientifically traced.
" People were counted as having contracted COVID-19 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally when they had not even stopped in the town, Ainslie said.
" Sturgis organizers had considered canceling the motorcycle rally, which is a significant tourist attraction for the city each year, but found that people planned to visit regardless of whether the city hosted it.
" "Our surveys during the rally showed that over 70 percent of the people were going to come here, whether or not we officially hosted the rally.
Monday, March 29, 2021
The media's false narrative about the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally being a COVID-19 superspreader event
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