A new research paper on the spread of COVID-19 from the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota last month has generated both attention and skepticism.<br />According to HuffPost, the paper claims that the 10-day event led to nearly 267,000 cases around the country.<br />But that figure is far higher than the number of cases public health departments have linked directly to the festival, not to mention the state's Republican governor.<br />They took a snapshot in time, and they did a lot of speculation, did some back-of-the-napkin math, made up some numbers and published them. South Dakota Gov. Kirsti Noem<br />Nevertheless, several outside scholars say Sturgis significantly increased COVID-19 spread well beyond what official figures suggest.<br />A working paper published by the Iza Institute of Labor Economics says there is strong evidence that the Sturgis Rally was a superspreader event for COVID-19.
