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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHarleys everywhere, masks nowhere: Sturgis draws thousands
https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/nation-world/harleys-everywhere-masks-nowhere-sturgis-draws-thousands/507-2372c962-0ac5-43e9-bbcb-98fcb8a31b9fThe bike rally could become one of the largest public gatherings since the pandemic began with 250,000 people expected.
STURGIS, S.D. Editor's note: The video above was published Aug. 3, 2020.
Thousands of bikers poured into the small South Dakota city of Sturgis on Friday as the 80th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally rumbled to life despite fears it could lead to a massive coronavirus outbreak.
The rally could become one of the largest public gatherings since the pandemic began, with organizers expecting 250,000 people from all over the country to make their way through Sturgis during the 10-day event. That would be roughly half the number of previous years, but local residents and a few bikers worry that the crowds could create a super-spreader event.
More at link, including videos of Darwinism in real time.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Motorcyclists ride down Main Street as thousands flock to the 80th Annual #Sturgis Motorcycle Rally held amid the #coronavirus pandemic in Sturgis, South Dakota
Link to tweet
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)TY for posting pix! Incredible...
Blues Heron
(5,938 posts)doing Satan's virus spreading work for him. So tired of American assholes. Dumb, mean and thoughtless.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)So stupid & selfish. I live among them here in red, shithole TN. Awful people!
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Fear? Greed? Stupidity?
mitch96
(13,912 posts)from the event... The Hospital goes nuts normally with out virus during the event..
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Greed is never good motivation for anything, imo.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)I'm sure.
captain queeg
(10,208 posts)Little towns in the middle of nowhere reporting cases. Well, given the nature of the crowd at Sturgis infections will be spread far and wide as these folks return home I know its an outdoor event but the density of people, plus motels and restaurants, seems pretty likely to me
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Darwinism in action. But, they will all go back home and be in other people's grocery stores with NO masks.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Would be nice if the virus would only take out those who are selfish and careless, but that's not how it works.
Idiots!
sop
(10,193 posts)What could go wrong?
is everything a good answer?
Nevilledog
(51,122 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)I bet we will run out of Darwin Awards.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Not many of them have reproduced, so they will be eligible! Just makes me angry that they will go back home & be wandering around other people's grocery stores maskless!
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)250,000 people converging in one place. Heaven only knows how many people will pick up the virus. And then they will take it back to their own communities.
And to their families, and to their friends.
kacekwl
(7,017 posts)dare wear a mask for fear of being labeled snowflake liberals by their peers.
rurallib
(62,423 posts)to give as a final gift to your loved ones. It is to die for.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Can we quarrantine these knuckle draggers there? Say for a month or so?
frogmarch
(12,154 posts)South DuhCOVID
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Good one! Why would the state allow such a gathering during pandemic? Fear? Greed?
frogmarch
(12,154 posts)even if there was no official rally, so law enforcement and local businesses decided to prepare for it and let the rally happen, since it was going to happen regardless.
No mask mandate = stupidity, I guess, but I can't imagine anyone, not even a cop, trying to tell Hell's Angels or Bandidos to mask up.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I thought perhaps fear was a factor.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)This is insane. Taking it back not just to their hometowns but all the food & gas stops in between.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)or the Angels are sitting on a mountain of crystal meth for another year. Angel babies gotta' eat, you know? PPP is running out for them too!
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)The theme of this year's gathering is, "Cull the Herd."
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Good one!!!
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)and every one of them leaks oil like it comes out of the ground, or something. Seriously, after this weekend Sturgis will look like the Exxon-Valdez ran aground in their town. Why can't Harley-Davidson make a bike that doesn't leak oil?
mitch96
(13,912 posts)Halloween is over? You can take the costume off now...
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SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)but you don't. Discretion is the better part of valor.
RainCaster
(10,884 posts)Yes, voting for Trump was a pretty big example, but this is way bigger on the scale of massive human stupidity.
All these Village Idiots will return to Small Town America and reinfect our towns with the Trump Virus. Lovely. I wish they would die on the way home instead.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)They should be quarrantined there for at least a month beyond anyone testing positive or exhibiting symptoms.
Poor SD residents!
Yes, it would be nice if they would all die on the way home, before they arrive in their hometowns to infect others at grocery stores without masks!
'Merica!
Fkn idiots!
sop
(10,193 posts)If these fools start experiencing the first symptoms of the virus while riding home, it could result in some fiery wrecks.
Squinch
(50,955 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Before they infect others!
gulliver
(13,186 posts)Motorcyclists (I'm one) are already taking some extra risk to have fun just by riding motorcycles. It's uncool to take risks with other people's lives though.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)But you are not a covidiot!
mitch96
(13,912 posts)Alaska by bike. Now it's dangerous just going to a hotel or restaurant.. And at the end of the day is there a hotel or restaurant open? Are the places I want to see going to be open?
This sucks...
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SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)half of these "Bikers for Trump" will be too sick (or dead) to vote for the Orange Anus come November. They'd rather die than send in one of those pansy-ass mail-in ballots that Trump hates so much!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Idiots!
stillcool
(32,626 posts)is it kind? No.
is it necessary? No.
is it true? Absofuckinglutely.
I'll pass.
bluestarone
(16,976 posts)KOOL DEADWOOD NIGHTS ( Deadwood South Dakota) will finish the job!! THAT happens in August! 26th to the 30th! People, ELBOW to ELBOW on main street!!! TOTAL IDIOTIC STATE!!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)WTH???
louis-t
(23,295 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)NickB79
(19,253 posts)Lots of estate sales in 1-2 months.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Too bad they will all travel "home" & infect others in grocery stores while maskless.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)But my grocery shopping trips are never longer than 20 minutes, and I avoid maskless people like the plague.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I've been 100% isolating since early March. 👍
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)The frustrating thing is after thumbing their nose at taking the necessary precautions, when any of them return home and become severely infected with it will expect to be treated as a high priority at their local hospital, even if there's no room.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I wish there was a way to put them at the end of the line for medical care! 🤬
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)three weeks after they return home. No need for them to make other people sick.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I'd always avoid them.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)They should be easy to spot, they are the assholes not wearing masks, avoid them in stores, wear a mask and limit your shopping trip to 20 minutes max.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Lots os asshats in red shit hole TN.
I do avoid them like the plague that they are! And shopping trips short to minimize potential exposure. 👍
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)They wish worse deaths for us Libs.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I hope they do not infect others in grocery stores, etc!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)What are they trying to prove? Other than that they are incredibly stupid and careless.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Not sure. Someone saud they are all Hell's Angels. Not sure.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)You know, be one in "spirit"? It's like they are making a point to advertise their stupidity. SMH.
I honestly hope that a lot of these people contract the virus and drop out of the gene pool. I think it would be a good thing.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Natural Selection at work!
But, they will infect many innocent people qt grocery stores & such in the meantime. Maskless. 🤬
ecstatic
(32,712 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)tRump virus has ruined everyone's lives.
These morons in SD are just an extension of willful, deliberate destruction of our country by trumputin. 🤬
How many innocent people will become infected by these jerks in grocery stores & other places?
NickB79
(19,253 posts)And it's rabid pro-Trump owner, who promised to open even if the nearby town of Sturgis said no rally.
https://www.pollstar.com/article/sturgis-rally-rumbles-on-how-the-buffalo-chip-became-a-beacon-for-freedom-146198
Here's my question: can he be sued by those hospitalized, or the families of those killed, if his campground is shown to be Ground Zero in a mass outbreak?
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Asshat!
Thank you for sharing info. Someone else said the town's budget depends on this event for 12% of its revenue.
I wondered whether it was fear of these knuckle draggers, greed, or stupidity.
Mopar151
(9,989 posts)Who does he have for bands?
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)The governor and local republican Congressfolk should be there in person to support this event.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)🤣🤣👍
Initech
(100,081 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)That's what bothers me! How many people they will infect. 🤬
North Shore Chicago
(3,316 posts)IF we had an effective leader, well you know.......people will fail you, science will not.
You stupid cockwaffles!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)No wonder repukes deny science. It does not change with whatever is convenient in the moment. 👍
moondust
(19,993 posts)the dangerous fools who get CV from this and irresponsible behaviors elsewhere would show up at the ER and be automatically triaged to the end of the line for refusing to value the expert medical advice enough to follow it. I hate to see medical professionals working tirelessly to save a bunch of arrogant jackasses who couldn't be bothered to take their advice seriously.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1,000%!
Assholes! 🤬
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)Only 82 cases as of 8/6/20:
Meade County, SD Cases
Of course, this will only reflect how it affected the local population and not how this event helped to spread COVID-19 around the nation.
KY.......... ..........
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I feel so sorry for the people who live there!
And I hate that these knuckle draggers will, undoubtedly, infect innocent people in grocery stores, unmasked, of course, when they return to whatever rock they crawled out from under to attend this event. 🤬
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)reading this article:
The Gob-Smacking Stupidity of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Link: https://www.wrywingpolitics.com/the-gob-smacking-stupidity-of-the-sturgis-motorcycle-rally/#comment-144467
This guy is an excellent writer and I may post this as an OP later.
KY........
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Yes, please do post it!
Gives people a glimpse into an alternate life form.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Shithole sounds like TN!
The only saving grace here is great Dem leadership in Memphis region.
The author is correct about unconstitutional things that they do here, too!
Thx again for sharing. Please do post this article separately!
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)in the central area east of Nashville during the 50s/60s. Back then, Tennesseans were the best of everyday people. It was almost all blue in my days and I hated to watch it turn red after Nixon/Agnew's southern strategy. I moved from the State around 1970.
Now, I can't even talk to my few remaining classmates and family......
Republicans and their wealthy backers have divided and ruined our nation.....
KY...........