Media tried to paint the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally as a super spread event for the Wuhan coronavirus before the event even took place, so of course they’d try again after:
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was "superspreading event" that cost public health $12.2 billion: analysis https://t.co/Xnu4bvvIhJ pic.twitter.com/krMuy3ZAtC
— The Hill (@thehill) September 8, 2020
The facts:
->Approximately 365,979 people attended this year’s rally
-> There are 260 virus cases related to the event
-> There is one virus fatality linked to the rally, a 60 year-old male who had other comorbidity factors
How is this a “superspreader” event but Black Lives Matter protests, the attendance of which the New York Times numbered at half a million, was not?
Because, politics.