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This report is insane.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-...as-superspreading-event-that-cost-public

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota last month was a coronavirus “superspreading event” that led to an estimated $12.2 billion in public health costs, according to a new study by the IZA Institute of Labor Economics.

The analysis tracked anonymized cellphone data from the 10-day event that showed “smartphone pings from non-residents” and “foot traffic at restaurants and bars, retail establishments, entertainment venues, hotels and campgrounds each rose substantially.” Stay-at-home hours for local residents fell during the same time period.

Based on the increase in case count, the researchers group, estimated that cases connected to the gathering resulted in $12 billion in public health costs, not including the costs associated with any deaths that might be tied to cases from the event. That dollar amount is based on another estimation that an average of $46,000 is spent on each patient who tests positive for COVID-19.

Researchers concluded that more than 266,000 cases were tied to the event attended by more than 460,000 individuals.


I'm guessing the IZA institute of labor economics a run by a bunch of Obama appointees.

That’s a bunch of sh it

Was thinking the same thing.

A totally BS 'report' - made up numbers, nothing behind 'em... I have to give one local TV station credit in saying none of it's verified, and the SD Governor's reply that the entire item is "fiction"..

When I first heard that report from The Hill last night I knew full well it was total bullchit; I didn't believe one word of it.. The MSM and various leftist gov't's simple detest the very idea of 'freedom' and will skew anything they can find in their attempts to stifle it..

I guess all the rioters did nothing to spread the Commie virus????

based on 46k for every positive. why don't they just round it up to 50k, makes the math easier and is just as accurate.

#stimulatetheEconomy

I must be the only person on the fire who really understands where the 460 ,000 figure comes from. Traffic counters of vehicles, not people. On the road vehicle survey, they don't discriminate. Say you stay at the Buffalo chip or one of the other campgrounds and ride your bike or drive your car 3-5 times a day into Sturgis for 5 days that's you counted 15-25 times and counts local traffic also included in that big number. 10 day figure for the 460, 000 count -5% local(23,000). So you got 437,000 ÷10=43,700 ÷3=14,650 per day or 43,700÷5=8740 or day. Simply saying8740×10 =87400 actual vehicle visits in10 days .yes might be 2 people on a bike or multiple in the car. Using the 460,000 figure as the so called "study" did is bulls*it as one can see. Mb

Exactly; this might have a modicum of believability if they’d have been running such calculations on the rioters but absent such balance its rightly called BS.

As far as I know it really is fake news. Yesterday’s press conference was 124 known cases associated with the rally.

How many times can the sky fall?

They need to make up their minds. Either this virus is super duper contagious, or its not. How can a large group have a 50% infection rate in 10 days, but only 6 million out 330 million Americans contract it in 9 months? How come ANTIFA/BLM aren't dropping dead by the scores? They LIVE with each other. So, if you are a Leftist protestor living and rioting with your buddies, you won't get the virus. But, if you have a MAGA and drive by a crowd on a motorcycle or stop for a brew, everybody is gonna die? Riiiight!

100% bullshit.

Finally we rubes are getting the point and accepting the science sheesh it’s a relief to finally recognize the truth of this terrible disease.

If there were 124 known cases and 266K resultant cases tied to it, what does that make the R-Naught number?

Plus it happened in a month?

Yeah... Spreading faster than the fires around here.

Those damn pesky #'s
You know-the ones that NEVER added up from the start.

There is no doubt that the event caused increased spread of the virus. With that being said, that report is a crock of $hit!

The politics with this virus is sickening.

God is not the author of confusion. The enemy has all but ruined the science of statistics with the whole COVID thing. Like the Stones said, "Lies, lies, lies,".

Just look at my sig line

No doubt huh?

I’ll follow your lead and assume you’re stupid enough to wear a Covid mask.