A new study estimates that the Sturgis motorcycle rally led to more than 260,000 coronavirus cases – a number that South Dakota state officials say they find questionable.
from another team of economists, conclude the rally may have generated a public health cost of about $12.2 billion.
That discrepancy is because the state is identifying specific cases through contact tracing. The study takes a different approach. South Dakota Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon disagreed with the methodology of the study Tuesday, questioning the link between cellphone data and cases. She and Clayton also noted that the research paper is not peer-reviewed at this point.
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