Last year’s event drew a jaw-dropping 500,000 motorcycle enthusiasts, and bike week organizers expect. “Under the guise of academic research, it’s nothing short of an attack on those who exercised their personal freedom to attend Sturgis. The Iron Horse Hotel, 200 W Florida Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States. Since 1937, hundreds of thousands of riders have flocked to Daytona’s sandy shores each spring for a week packed with socializing, perusing new bikes and equipment, eating good food and, of course, tons of riding. According to police figures, cyclists make up a significant portion of those injured and killed in traffic 799 cyclists and 257 moped operators were injured on the roads in 2020. Kristi Noem, a Republican and staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, took issue with the study’s findings, referring to them as “fiction.” Failure to follow cycling rules can lead to hefty fines and the police have ushered in a nationwide control of bicycles and scooters this week. “The only large factors working to prevent the spread of infection was the outdoor venue, and low population density in the state of South Dakota.” “The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally represents a situation where many of the ‘worst case scenarios’ for superspreading occurred simultaneously: the event was prolonged, included individuals packed closely together, involved a large out-of-town population (a population that was orders of magnitude larger than the local population), and had low compliance with recommended infection countermeasures such as the use of masks,” the study states. 7, 2020 during the 80th anniversary of the Sturgis Motorcyle Rally.
People crowded around bars in Sturgis, S.D., on Friday, Aug.