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A COVID Super Spreader in 2020, Sturgis Motorcycle Is On Again

A COVID Super Spreader in 2020, Sturgis Motorcycle Is On Again


Clinical Infectious Diseases: “Widespread Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission among Attendees at a Large Motorcycle Rally and their Contacts, 30 US Jurisdictions, August-September, 2020.”

William Schaffner, MD, professor of preventive medicine and infectious disease specialist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.

Dan Daly, spokesperson, Monument Health, Rapid City, SD.

Geody VanDewater, chief of police, Sturgis, SD.

Christina Steele, spokesperson, city of Sturgis, SD.

Brook Eide, MD, medical director, emergency department, Monument Health Rapid City, South Dakota.

NBC: “Meet the Press — August 8, 2021; Dr. Anthony Fauci, Randi Weingarten, Donna Edwards, Sara Fagen, Jake Sherman and Amy Walter.”

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