Anyone going to Sturgis on a sports bike next month?

flipstyledsm22

flipstyledsm22

Lets go fishing!
Decided not to go... Sucks though, this time next year I'll be back in Texas and the ride to Sturgis will not be as satisfying as it would from Cali. I've never been and it was one of my check list items to do, while living in Cali.
 
GAJ

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mrmarklin said:
The Florida Daytona was in early March and mostly out of state bikers attend. I don't think current numbers have anything to do with Bike Week.

Nice try, though.:)
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That's exactly the point.

The risk was low in the US as a whole at the beginning of March and is far far higher today.

But we'll see if, miraculously, a quarter of a million anti maskers sharing spit for 10 days at Sturgis will have any impact.

We need examples of terrible judgement to improve our ability to convince rational people to take precautions for the good of the Country.
 
Dubermun

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Lol. The sturgis crowd doesn’t seem like the type that wears masks or practice social distancing.
 
GAJ

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Dubermun said:
Lol. The sturgis crowd doesn’t seem like the type that wears masks or practice social distancing.
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Ya think?

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GAJ

GAJ

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gixxerjeff said:
:laughing
We need a "head in the sand" emoji.
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"Pete Gold, who runs One-Eyed Jack’s Saloon in Sturgis, isn’t worried about a drop-off in customers.

“They’re already here,” he said, estimating he has twice as many as last year already.

As for Covid fears, Sturgis residents “have learned to wash their hands,” he said sarcastically, adding that only (members of one particular group) worry about the virus, and that it will disappear after the Nov. 3 election."
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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article244610862.html
 
redtail

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mrmarklin said:
Please point to any statistical fallout from this event. I’m unaware of any.
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Hey Dave, due to poor testing where results were not timely and therefor contact tracing became all but impossible, the exact "fallout" from that event can not be determined. Both testing and contact tracing are not what they need to be still, for mostly political reasons.

But as you mentioned, "many out of state bikers" attended and then I assume made their way back. Returning as carriers they would have unknowingly spread the virus since symptoms don't show for at least four days. The issue then becomes how do you determine when and where the virus came from, who was exposed and who else is a carrier that traces back to that event.

Your event is not immune, don't know why you think it would be. This virus is highly contagious and just because one person that is infected is not harmed, doesn't mean the many people that are exposed by that one infected person aren't going to be harmed. One infected person becomes 5 then 20 then 100, etc.
 
byke

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gixxerjeff said:
It will look the same.
No fucken doubt about it.
The point remains the same.
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Yep. Toxic masculinity has been a staple of Harley culture since forever and masks are for sissies, as is consideration for others, etc.

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mrmarklin

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redtail said:
Hey Dave, due to poor testing where results were not timely and therefor contact tracing became all but impossible, the exact "fallout" from that event can not be determined. Both testing and contact tracing are not what they need to be still, for mostly political reasons.

But as you mentioned, "many out of state bikers" attended and then I assume made their way back. Returning as carriers they would have unknowingly spread the virus since symptoms don't show for at least four days. The issue then becomes how do you determine when and where the virus came from, who was exposed and who else is a carrier that traces back to that event.

Your event is not immune, don't know why you think it would be. This virus is highly contagious and just because one person that is infected is not harmed, doesn't mean the many people that are exposed by that one infected person aren't going to be harmed. One infected person becomes 5 then 20 then 100, etc.
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Thanks for this considered response. I agree no one is immune.
I'm sure some of the attendees of Sturgis will get the virus. I hope they will be responsible, whatever that means.

My whole point in this mess is that we are isolating the wrong people. Traditionally, the sick have been isolated, not the healthy. Kind of opposite of what the Governor of New York did.:( We have had many other flues. People died. I don't perceive this one to be much worse than what has gone before.
I'm diabetic and am over 72 years old. I have never had a flu shot and likely never will. Life has to go on and when my time comes, I will go. But not cowering in fear.:wow
 
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