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Thought for the day

I don’t want to say I told you so, but I did (back on Aug. 8th). If you ask me, had all the motorcycles been impounded for 14 days, most of the new COVID cases could have been avoided.

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South Dakota COVID Cases Rise Nearly Sixfold After Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

Meade County, home to Sturgis, has had a more than 1,500 percent increase in cases in the past 14 days.

Two weeks after the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, reported COVID-19 infections in the state have risen nearly sixfold.

South Dakota counted 3,819 new cases in the past two weeks, including seven deaths, up from 644 cases in the 14 days preceding it. That makes it the state with the largest percent increase in COVID cases in the past two weeks.