{"id":79561,"date":"2021-09-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=79561"},"modified":"2021-09-22T05:01:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T10:01:15","slug":"armageddon-denied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=79561","title":{"rendered":"Armageddon Denied"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just a few weeks ago, COVID numbers from the Sturgis motorcycle rally and, we were breathlessly assured, \u201csuper spreader event\u201c, turned out to be lower, per capita than any sample of over a half million people in the general population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The numbers came out just in time to tamp down a bit of the excitement Minnesota is \u201cKaren\u201c population was feeling at warning Minnesota, yet again, of impending doom over the state fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which didn\u2019t prevent Karen from Karening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But all good things – I like the inflated feeling of self importance one gets from being a joyless Jeremiah \u2013 come to an end. The numbers from the state fair just aren\u2019t that bad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State officials say 228 confirmed COVID cases have been traced back to the State Fair as of Friday. For a little perspective, there were more than 1.3 million people in attendance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

During the period of the state fair, they were roughly 1400 new cases detected per day in Minnesota – a rate of 254 cases per day, per million Minnesotans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

228 cases over 10 days, across 1.3 million people, breaks down to a rate of about 180 cases per million per day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, assuming the math in my head is correct (Not to mention the numbers coming from the Minnesota Department of health), Minnesotans who went to the fair were almost a third safer than Minnesotans who didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could we stop the hysteria over public events held outdoors, already?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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