Diary 142

Diary 142

Friday, August 7th

Sturgis Motorcycle Week just kicked off in South Dakota. The crowd is predicted to be even larger than usual, which is going to put the number of people attending at perhaps the million mark. Early reports are that very very few are wearing masks, very few use helmets, and none are observing social distancing.

I ride motorcycles. I know plenty of people who do so. They are not always the most rule following people in existence. Yet this event surprises me. They are, after all, definitely not stupid.

There is within the American psyche a deep seated sense for some that one can do whatever one wants. I’ve a feeling plenty of people will suffer as a result of this latest hubris.