[ExI] bikers again and smallpox

[Dylan Distasio]

Sorry, I meant to also disclose that the actual link is from 2015.   This
post was intended somewhat tongue in cheek.

On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM Dylan Distasio <interzone at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some promising demographic data.  Apparently Sturgis skews young:
>
> (Trigger warning: Scantily clad young biker gals from the latest rally
> follow):
> https://www.baggersmag.com/girls-sturgis-day-1?image=8#page-5
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 12:31 PM Dylan Distasio <interzone at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 11:17 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> We need epidemiologists, not economists looking at this.
>>>
>>> spike
>>>
>>
>> Reason punches holes in this mess of a paper:
>>
>> https://reason.com/2020/09/09/no-the-sturgis-motorcycle-rally-didnt-spawn-250000-coronavirus-cases/
>>
>> Additionally, even in places like Minnesota where there was a spike in
>> cases in that time frame (that MIGHT have been a result in part from this
>> rally), hospitalizations remained extremely low.   The entire paper is
>> propaganda, but it was easiest for me to start with the red flags around
>> economic cost as they were the easiest to see.
>>
>
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