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2021-08-07 -Land of the Free

Hundreds of thousands gather for annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally amid 'Delta' variant fueling 277% spike in COVID cases in US

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-07 06:50|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Oh, no! Another repeat of last year's 'superspreader event'. I remember it was gonna be terrible!

Another catastrophe that failed to materialize.

Posted by Bobby 2021-08-07 07:51|| 2021-08-07 07:51|| Front Page Top

#2 More people will probably get killed while riding to and from the rally than as the result of WuFlu2.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-08-07 09:14|| 2021-08-07 09:14|| Front Page Top

#3 SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant
The SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant, also known as lineage C.37, is a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It was first detected in Peru in December 2020. On 14 June 2021, the World Health Organization named it Lambda variant and designated it as a variant of interest

Posted by Harry Jones2747 2021-08-07 09:21|| 2021-08-07 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 'Really need to pay attention to it': What to know about the lambda variant
SFGate
13h ago (Aug 7 2021)

Lambda vs. Delta COVID Variant: What We Know So Far Different Strains
Newsweek on MSN.com

Posted by Harry Jones2747 2021-08-07 09:25|| 2021-08-07 09:25|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Not an issue for the government. Thousands of new replacement citizens are arriving daily.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-07 09:46|| 2021-08-07 09:46|| Front Page Top

#6 How do we know Sturgis is helping fuel the spike in cases as the annual rally just started on Aug. 6 and runs until Aug. 15. Was the incubation period of ~ two weeks and all that considered?

Posted by JohnQC 2021-08-07 10:45|| 2021-08-07 10:45|| Front Page Top

#7 These articles are written by 'journalists' aka OI's aka Omnipotent Idiots... of course they haven't considered incubation periods, science, facts, tests, verifications. They are omnipotent, don't need anyone or anything, read and believe peasants...

Posted by Creagum Clunk8386 2021-08-07 11:15|| 2021-08-07 11:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Ok, so the rally started yesterday. People are just getting there. 277%??? Really, and do we have a way to test for the Delta virus??? The answer is no. Bot lets not let a little thing like the truth get in the way of bashing the middle class...

Posted by 49 Pan 2021-08-07 15:57|| 2021-08-07 15:57|| Front Page Top

#9 But infected illegals gathering and then pouring across the border are not a problem to our leftist idiots.

Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-08-07 19:23|| 2021-08-07 19:23|| Front Page Top

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