If you might be interested in buying a used Harley-Davidson, wait a couple of months. The annual

[Atticus]

Sturgis get-together kicks off this weekend as the Delta surge grows exponentially.

Check the estate sales in your local newspaper starting in October. There should be some good buys.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. I see what you did there

Good advice!

[kirkuchiyo]

2. Ouch that's cold! But very, very true! nt

[Gregory Peccary]

3. You'll have to put the bike through a rigorous disinfecting process

[ZonkerHarris]

4. and their estate sales for everything else.

[multigraincracker]

5. The market for big road bikes has been dying for years.

Not many kids want to grow up to be bikers these days.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. Willie could do a fund-raising concert for "Covid-survivors"

"Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to be Bikers" ..........

[Bristlecone]

7. Zed

[former9thward]

8. It did not happen in 2020.

In 2020 there were 463 primary cases and 162 secondary cases from 462,000 people that attended. One death from those cases.

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/cdc-study-2020-sturgis-motorcycle-rally-covid-19/89-520a6bf4-b5ff-47bf-83a2-b5599d3a8b95

[catbyte]

17. Delta wasn't around in August 2020. It's a different ballgame this year.

I'd be shocked if there wasn't a spike.

[former9thward]

20. The OP was about death not cases.

The death rate from Delta is very low.

[catbyte]

22. Well, then, I guess there's nothing to worry about.

[questionseverything]

24. There are several ops on the list of doctors and icu nurses who disagree with you

“Younger and sicker and dying faster”

[former9thward]

25. I go by the CDC

[questionseverything]

26. Please post the link where cdc says delta virus is not deadly

N/t

[former9thward]

27. Please post where I said the "delta virus is not deadly"

You know what I posted and you should retract your claim.

[questionseverything]

28. 20 you said "the death rate from delta is very low"

N/t

[former9thward]

29. Yes, it is.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/health/covid-cdc-delta-masks.html

[questionseverything]

30. Paywall

[former9thward]

31. This OP predicts mass death as a result of the rally.

Since you may believe that since you seem to question that the Delta death rate is low then please cite where the death rate would support this view of mass death.

[questionseverything]

32. My comment had nothing to do with anything except

You saying, “delta has a low death rate”

Now I guess if we mean low compared to?

I think you implying delta isn’t deadly is irresponsible and dangerous and doesn’t match what i am seeing posted from doctors and nurses on the front lines

If you have a cdc link supporting what you said I would be interested in reading it

[former9thward]

33. Currently the CDC says the death rate is 0.9 per 100,000

I think that is low. I also posted in #8 a link to a CDC study of last year's rally where 462,000 attended. One death was attributed to the rally. Yes, I think one out of 462,000 is low. Maybe you differ...

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_deathsper100klast7days

[Captain Zero]

34. I'd be surprised if Christy Noem isn't cooking the stats

Both last year and this year. Cases and deaths probably both higher both years. She's a kook.

[A HERETIC I AM]

36. How could she be "cooking the stats?"

The overwhelming majority of attendees to the Sturgis Rally do not live in South Dakota. How the hell can Kristi Noem alter data from other states?

[Polybius]

35. What was the daily Covid rate exactly a year ago?

I'd imagine it was far less. Plus, there were many more mandates a year ago.

[Atticus]

10. So, you think joining 700,000 other people from all over the country in a very small

town where hardly anyone will wear a mask despite a raging DELTA variant surge is a good idea?

As an aside, I understand that you are a newbie, but equating a DUer with a "republican" is considered rude and possibly a violation of the TOS. I'm not alerting because I have no reason to value your opinion.

[leftstreet]

12. "who you're judging," not "your" n/t

[IcyPeas]

11. here's 3 webcam views from Sturgis:

https://sturgismotorcyclerally.com/webcams/

[chia]

23. All those unmasked people...

smdh

[gordianot]

13. The Harley's will require a good industrial cleaning.

I would for good measure advocate replacing any textiles on such motorcycles for good measure.

[KS Toronado]

14. Just put a dozen heat lamps on them for about a week.

I think heat kills the virus, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

[aggiesal]

19. UV kills it. I don't necessarily believe that a heat lamp will do it, unless it has UV. n/t

[KS Toronado]

37. Believe you are correct.

[erronis]

15. Usually hog drivers are good organ donors. Not so sure the infected ones.

[Hekate]

21. COVID is known to wreck all organs with massive amounts of micro-clots

[George II]

16. They'll need to be auctioned off to pay for funerals.

[IronLionZion]

18. After they spread it around the midwest

that will be the next hotspot since the South is getting it now.