There is NO way this is true. Another hit from the left.
The Governor of SD disagrees.
Common sense would rule out 250,000 new cases yet no new cases from the riots. Also if 250,000 people had it how many died?
Gov. Noem Rejects Report that Sturgis Rally Led to Hundreds of Thousands of COVID Cases as 'Fiction'
Here is something from the article that makes me worry.
This company is collecting data from all the phones and tracking them to see where they go, right down to which business they enter. Then they compare how many people those people come into contact with and then they look at how many new cases are reported
They say it's anonymous but is it really? How easy would it be for them to put a name to a number? That is billions of data points they collect and analyze. Who is paying them? They don't do that for free. Follow the money.
"First, using anonymized cell phone data from SafeGraph, Inc. we document that (i) smartphone pings from non-residents, and (ii) foot traffic at restaurants and bars, retail establishments, entertainment venues, hotels, and campgrounds each rose substantially in the census block groups hosting Sturgis rally events,