super-spreader event => last month's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota
a study reveals: the event led to an estimated $12.2 billion in public health costs; more than 266,000 positive COVID-19 cases were tied to the event attended by more than 460,000 individuals.
of course, Republican naysayers have falsely categorized the study as model-based... a faulty/questionable model! Unfortunately for those nay-sayers, the study is data based, not relying on modeling. A key critic of the study... of those critical of the event, is South Dakota Governor, Kristi Noem - the latest darling of the GOP... said to be "the next one" by many. Certainly her presidential aspirations were on full display at the recent GOP 'convention'