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Report: 266K US COVID cases traced to Sturgis; WI bikers 'don't believe it'

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STURGIS, S.D. - The annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota draws hundreds of thousands each year -- even during the pandemic.

The August event is now being called a "super spreader" of coronavirus, but some bikers say they don't believe the study.It's a shocking, if not unbelievable study centering around the 2020 motorcycle rally in Sturgis.

According to researchers at San Diego State University's Center for Health Economics and Policy Studies, the 10-day event revved up the country's coronavirus cases in a big way.Researchers say 19% of the country's 1.4 million new coronavirus cases during the month of August can be traced back to Sturgis.

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