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How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally might have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest

It had been a long ride back from Sturgis, S.D., so when he first felt an ache at the back of his throat, Kenny Cervantes figured he was just tired. He'd traveled the 400-some miles on his Harley, rumbling through wide-open farm and prairie land on his way home to Riverdale, Neb., where his girlfriend was waiting.

A lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, the 50-year-old construction worker and father of five had been determined to go to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, a holy grail for bikers. Even when his girlfriend, Angie Balcom, decided to stay back because she was worried about being around so many people during a pandemic, Cervantes was adamant about going.

"I don't think there was nothing that was going to stop me," he said.

https://www.startribune.com/how-the-sturgis-motorcycle-rally-might-have-spread-coronavirus-across-upper-midwest/572785512/

 

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