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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4765700" data-attributes="member: 54375">&quot;A massive surge in new cases nationally originated in the Dakotas, a surge apparently <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/10/17/sturgis-rally-spread/?itid=lk_inline_manual_15" target="_blank">linked to the Sturgis event</a>. South Dakota’s effort to let people live their lives as normal was successful, with the caveat that living a normal life in a pandemic vastly increases the risk of infection.By Nov. 1, 1 out of every 19 residents of the state had been infected with the virus. Out of every 2,100 South Dakotans alive at the beginning of the year, one had died of the virus. Hospitalizations <a href="https://covidtracking.com/data/state/south-dakota" target="_blank">began to surge</a>, reaching a peak near the end of the month. Things got so bad that patients were <a href="https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2020/12/04/south-dakota-covid-19-patients-flown-out-of-state/3834939001/" target="_blank">flown out of state</a> to facilities that had more capacity to handle coronavirus cases.South Dakota ended 2020 with the second-highest number of population-adjusted coronavirus infections in the country. One out of every 9 residents had contracted the virus, and 1 out of every 600 had died of it. The only states where the death toll per capita were higher were Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Dakota and Rhode Island. Four of those states were slammed at the beginning of the pandemic, when New York City was the epicenter of infections and deaths. The two Dakotas surged to the top of the list months later — after preventive measures were better understood.&quot;Washington Post</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4765700, member: 54375"] "A massive surge in new cases nationally originated in the Dakotas, a surge apparently [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/10/17/sturgis-rally-spread/?itid=lk_inline_manual_15']linked to the Sturgis event[/URL]. South Dakota’s effort to let people live their lives as normal was successful, with the caveat that living a normal life in a pandemic vastly increases the risk of infection. By Nov. 1, 1 out of every 19 residents of the state had been infected with the virus. Out of every 2,100 South Dakotans alive at the beginning of the year, one had died of the virus. Hospitalizations [URL='https://covidtracking.com/data/state/south-dakota']began to surge[/URL], reaching a peak near the end of the month. Things got so bad that patients were [URL='https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2020/12/04/south-dakota-covid-19-patients-flown-out-of-state/3834939001/']flown out of state[/URL] to facilities that had more capacity to handle coronavirus cases. South Dakota ended 2020 with the second-highest number of population-adjusted coronavirus infections in the country. One out of every 9 residents had contracted the virus, and 1 out of every 600 had died of it. The only states where the death toll per capita were higher were Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Dakota and Rhode Island. Four of those states were slammed at the beginning of the pandemic, when New York City was the epicenter of infections and deaths. The two Dakotas surged to the top of the list months later — after preventive measures were better understood." Washington Post [/QUOTE]

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