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First COVID-19 death tied to Sturgis (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2020
OP
They don't get the "underlying condition person was LIVING with" before COVID part.
Nevilledog
Sep 2020
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d_r
(6,907 posts)1. Now they are just going to say
"but he had underlying conditions" as if that somehow makes it ok. Ladies and gentlemen, the "pro-life" party.
Nevilledog
(51,122 posts)3. They don't get the "underlying condition person was LIVING with" before COVID part.
DBoon
(22,369 posts)2. here are the details
A Minnesota biker who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally has died of covid-19 the first fatality from the virus traced to the 10-day event that drew more than 400,000 to South Dakota.
The man was in his 60s, had underlying conditions and was hospitalized in intensive care after returning from the rally, said Kris Ehresmann, infectious-disease director at the Minnesota Department of Health. The case is among at least 260 cases in 11 states tied directly to the event, according to a survey of health departments by The Washington Post.
Epidemiologists believe that figure is a significant undercount, due to the resistance of some rallygoers to testing and the limited contact tracing in some states. As a result, the true scope of infections stemming from the event that ran from Aug. 7 to Aug. 16 is unlikely to ever be known. Public health officials had long expressed concern over the decision to move forward with the annual event, believed to be the largest held anywhere in the U.S. since the pandemic shelved most large-scale gatherings.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/02/sturgis-rally-death-coronavirus/
My bolding. They really don't care if they die and kill others in the process.
BlueWavePsych
(2,635 posts)4. "I'm not convinced it's real. I think it's nothing more than the flu.
If I die from the virus, it was just meant to be.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/us/sturgis-motorcycle.html