'If We Get It, We Chose to Be Here': Despite Virus, Thousands Converge on Sturgis for Huge Rally [View all]
Source: NY Times
STURGIS, S.D. — Tens of thousands of motorcyclists roared into the western South Dakota community of Sturgis on Friday, lining Main Street from end to end, for the start of an annual rally that kicked off despite objections from residents and with little regard for a public health emergency ravaging the world.
It could have been any other past summer rally in Sturgis, with herds of R.V.s, bikers and classic cars converging for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, a 10-day affair that was expected to attract roughly 250,000 enthusiasts this year — about half the number who attended last year but a figure that puts it on track to be among the country’s largest public gatherings since the first coronavirus cases emerged in the spring.
Save for a few hard-to-spot hand-sanitizer stations, it could have been any other major festival in pre-pandemic times.
“Screw Covid I went to Sturgis,” read a black T-shirt amid a sea of Harley Davidson and Trump 2020 outfits sported by the throng of people walking along Main Street. Their gear did not include face masks, and social distancing guidelines were completely ignored.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/us/sturgis-motorcyle-rally.html
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