15 cases in MN confirmed from Sturgis. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/08/21/latest-on-covid19-in-mn MN Health: 15 confirmed COVID-19 cases from Sturgis, more expected MPR News Staff St. Paul August 21, 2020 5:30 a.m. State health officials have worried for weeks about Minnesotans carrying COVID-19 back from the massive motorcycle rally in Sturgis, S.D. On Friday, they confirmed Sturgis cases are surfacing. Minnesota has 15 known cases now among those who traveled to the rally, with one person hospitalized, Kris Ehresmann, the state’s infectious disease director, said Friday. Fourteen of those cases were attendees who’d said they’d been at multiple campgrounds and bars around the Black Hills town; one was a temporary employee at a bar. Ehresmann said officials expect “additional cases in coming days” in Minnesota stemming from the Aug. 7-16 rally and urged anyone who went to get tested and self-isolate for 14 days. The rally drew some 460,000 people from across the country. Most people didn't take significant precautions against COVID-19 infections. A few people wore masks and some said they were avoiding crowds, but many others packed close together at bars and rock shows. Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm had repeatedly expressed concerns that the rally would be a petri dish for the disease and that she was disappointed South Dakota had OK’d the Sturgis rally this year given that the state is seeing a significant surge in cases and the rally would be attracting people from around the country, including places where COVID-19 cases are climbing. Sturgis, she said as the rally kicked off, will be a “pretty ripe environment for further spread.” The South Dakota Department of Health warned on Tuesday that one person who spent several hours at a bar on Main Street in Sturgis has tested positive for COVID-19 and may have spread it to others. It’s not clear if that case was connected to the Minnesota cases. More at link.
Minnesota biker becomes first COVID-19 fatality linked to Sturgis rally https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/minnesota-biker-becomes-first-19-fatality-linked-to-sturgis-rally/ Add in at least 260 cases linked to the rally in 11 states. Bunch of dumb Trump supporters spreading more than the word of their chosen one!
Yes, but they are "elite" experts so the South Dakota Governor won't listen to them. She only wants average or mediocre experts (even though they are probably saying the same thing).
