10.19.2020

The Dakotas and (way) beyond

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally might have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest

"Holding a half-million-person rally in the midst of a pandemic is emblematic of a nation as a whole that maybe isn’t taking [the novel coronavirus] as seriously as we should.”

Bikers from every state participated, then went home. Here is a detailed—and grimly fascinating—study in how the virus survives and spreads. 

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