Sturgis rally linked to 15 Minnesota COVID-19 cases, including 1 hospitalization

[SheltieLover]

https://m.startribune.com/sturgis-linked-to-15-minnesota-covid-cases-1-hospitalization/572185412/

Fifteen Minnesotans who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this month have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, including one state resident hospitalized with COVID-19, state health officials say.

The Minnesota Department of Health received the first case report on Thursday and 14 more case reports on Friday, said Kris Ehresmann, the state's director of infectious diseases, during a briefing Friday with reporters. Minnesotans who tested positive visited multiple campgrounds and bars at the South Dakota event, Ehresmann said, so cases apparently can't be connected to any one location.

North Dakota officials have connected seven cases to the Sturgis event as well, a government spokesman told the Star Tribune.

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[mitch96]

1. It's starting..... nt

[SheltieLover]

2. Sure is!

A lot of fking nerve going to hospital, imo.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. What it says is....we really don't give a shit about medical personnel who

will treat us. Their lives aren't as important as our rights to party and not wear masks. We need a system that says, sure, don't wear a mask and party your brains out....but 1st, sign this medical waiver that says you will waive any post medical treatment if you contract the virus. Seems like a reasonable trade-off to me.

[SheltieLover]

5. Yes!

Just ridiculous!

[a kennedy]

4. and what's the incubation time???

Oh yah, Covid is traveling to ALL 50 STATES BECAUSE STURGIS is celebratin 80 years. We Have 15 cases when STURGIS just ended....so.......ah, let’s talk again in 10 more days.

[SheltieLover]

6. Yup

Surreal that so many people are so egocentric and childishly careless.

I hate being interdependent on idiots!