There is no such thing as a right to die from exposure to a global pandemic.
By Natalie Colarossi
Anthony Fauci, director (click here) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday he's "very concerned" that the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota will lead to a new surge in COVID infections.
The rally kicked off Friday in South Dakota's Black Hills and is expected to attract roughly 700,000 people for a 10-day event geared toward motorcycle enthusiasts. But as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread across the country, Fauci and other public health officials are sounding the alarm that the rally could cause a massive new outbreak.
"I'm very concerned that we're going to see another surge related to that rally," Fauci said Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press....
Anthony Fauci, director (click here) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday he's "very concerned" that the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota will lead to a new surge in COVID infections.
The rally kicked off Friday in South Dakota's Black Hills and is expected to attract roughly 700,000 people for a 10-day event geared toward motorcycle enthusiasts. But as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread across the country, Fauci and other public health officials are sounding the alarm that the rally could cause a massive new outbreak.
"I'm very concerned that we're going to see another surge related to that rally," Fauci said Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press....
The people that go to these bike rallies look at these statistics and laugh. To them, this is an insignificant finding and probably were people on the brink of death anyway.
THEY DO NOT CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It only takes one and the race to end the deaths of a Third Level Virus is on.
If the medical community wants to PREVENT another nationwide shutdown due to the spread of a Third Level virus, then put real penalties on these events and the people that attend them.
FINES. JAIL. QUARANTINE.
It is the only thing these bone heads understand.
By Melanie J. Firestone, PhD; Haley Wienkes, MPH; Jacob Garfin; Xiong Wang, DVM, PhD; Kelley Vilen, MPH; Kirk E. Smith, DVM, PhD; Stacy Holzbauer, DVM; Matthew Plumb, MS; Kelly Pung; Carlota Medus, PhD; Joseph D. Yao, MD; Matthew J. Binnicker, PhD; Andrew C. Nelson, MD, PhD; Sophia Yohe, MD; Kathryn Como-Sabetti, MPH; Kris Ehresmann, MPH; Ruth Lynfield, MD; Richard Danila, PhD
...During August 7–16, 2020, (click here) a motorcycle rally was held in western South Dakota that attracted approximately 460,000 persons from across the United States to numerous indoor and outdoor events over a 10-day period. During August–September 2020, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) investigated a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak associated with the rally in Minnesota residents. Fifty-one primary event-associated cases were identified, and 35 secondary or tertiary cases occurred among household, social, and workplace contacts, for a total of 86 cases; four patients were hospitalized, and one died. Approximately one third (34%) of 87 counties in Minnesota had at least one primary, secondary, or tertiary case associated with this rally. Genomic sequencing supported the associations with the motorcycle rally. These findings support current recommendations for mask use, physical distancing, reducing the number of attendees at gatherings, isolation for patients with COVID-19, and quarantine for close contacts to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (1). Furthermore, although these findings did not capture the impact of the motorcycle rally on residents of other states, they demonstrate the rationale for consistent mitigation measures across states....
