It has been 21 days since the concert in Central Park.

[Tomconroy]

Daily reported Covid cases in New York City have declined during that period.
The seven day average for reported new cases in the City on Aug. 20 was 1868. On Sept. 10 it was 1528.
I looked for articles about Covid and the aftermath of the concert but couldn't find anything.

[RandySF]

1. Group events CAN be done correctly.

[Treefrog]

2. Well, that event ended pretty quickly lol.

Mother Nature saw to that!

[Tomconroy]

7. I think it went on from about 4 to 7:30.

[cinematicdiversions]

3. Hospitalizations in Florida has fallen 18.2% since the start of college football season.

Are large college football games helping top reduce hospital visits?



Probably not.

Maybe large outdoor gatherings are not the vector for the spread of Covid? Possibly.

Will people continue to predict doom and gloom every time there is a gathering they disagree with? Undoubtedly.

[Permanut]

5. Correlation vs. Causation..

can be easily demonstrated. Unless we ignore science, of course.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. Easily? Sure, sometimes, but that really depends on what one is asserting

and the quality of the data one has at their disposal with regards to making said assertion.

Sometimes it's difficult if not impossible to ascertain the difference

[Permanut]

12. Point taken..

My comment related to super spreader events, but I was not clear.

[Scrivener7]

8. Florida's numbers are make believe.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. MEANWHILE the effing Stoopidurgis SD FreeDumb rally

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/meade-south-dakota-covid-cases.html

look a this data for yourself and deny the Sturgis Effect. Please.

[Tomconroy]

6. Both ND and SD show similar pattens. Delta hadn't arrived

In either state until August. Sometimes bikers hang out indoors in bars and restaurants.
The last I heard there weren't a whole lot of cases attributed specifically to Sturgis, though.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Yeah bowlshit. Here's the evidence.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/north-dakota-covid-cases.html

[Tomconroy]

11. You've established that Covid arrived in ND in August. Can't

Argue with that.
Here's a link from late August with the number of cases then specifically related to Sturgis at that time. Make of it what you like.

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-08-30/sturgis-motorcycle-rally-coronavirus-infections-rising
I'm not saying Sturgis had no effect but it's not responsible for every case in the region. Gathering indoors unvaxxed and unmasked at crowded bars, restaurants and indoor rock concerts isn't something I would do. Just riding around on a motorcycle outdoors probably isn't too risky.