This event may have spread Covid at 60% of American counties
There are already more than 100 new cases in eight states related to the Sturgis motorcycle gathering.
After a summer start filled with serious surgies, new cases of coronavirus are finally the decline of the US but unfortunately a fewStates still testify to increases, with the most linked to a single gathering that generated a large number of infections. In fact, this could have implications for more than half of the entire nation. According to recently published data,Participants of the Sturgis Rally Motorcycle In South Dakota, we won 60% of all Counties of the US.S. and reports of dozens of COVID cases related to the event begin to enter.
The discovery is based on an analysis of anonymous cellular telephone data collected by Camber Systems, which houses cell phone activity for health researchers, associated press reports. The researchers found that visitors to the 10-day festival have since traveled from the corners of the reach of the United States - 61% of all American counties, to be accurate. As mass tests are in progress, NBC News reports thatMore than 100 cases in eight states have already been linked to the Sturgis Motorcycle rally.
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"Imagine trying to make the city's contact for the whole city of [Washington], D.C., but you also know that you have no distancing, neither distance is very limited, masking is limited,"NAVIN VEMBARCamber Systems co-founder told AP. "All adds a very dangerous situation for people everywhere."
The annual event generated national securities for the advice of health leaders, which warned that the great gathering created the potential of a "superspreader event". One now infamousConcert of the band of the band of the 90s At the rally, participants gather in the crowd without bringing the face masks or practicing the social distancing recommended by the disease control and prevention centers (CDC). Many others have spent time in crowded bars, tattooing salons and restaurants during the Rally race, from August 7 to August 16, includingA clientele confirmed in a jumproom which was then positive tested for coronavirus.
Some local health departments have suggested anyone attending the gatheringQuarantine for two weeksWhile others are attempting to coordinate tests between states to try to establish contact tracing, NBC news reports. But the pure size of the rally makes the task without easy.
"We are waiting for us to seemany other cases associated with Sturgis, "Kris EhresmannThe Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Minnesota Ministry of Health, said during a press call on August 21. "Thousands of people attended this event, so it is very likely that we would see more transmission." And for a riskier behavior in the middle of the pandemic, check24 things you do every day that put you at risk of Covid.
