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The largest corona party in the world: After it, there were as many as 260,000 new cases of infection! These findings, compared with economists' reports, lead to the conclusion that the moto-meeting cost a staggering $ 12.2 billion. Writes: Jutarnji.hrPosted: 09. September 2020. 14:53 Gathering in Sturgis Gathering in Sturgis Michael Ciaglo / Getty Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail A study conducted in California estimates that in the months that followed, a motorcycle encounter in Sturgis, South Dakota, led to 260,000 new cases of coronavirus infection, USA Today writes . Scientists from the Center for Health, Economics and Politics at the University of San Diego released a 63-page report on Saturday. This estimate is significantly higher than the number of motorcycle-related cases reported by the South Dakota Health Office and the Associated Press. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said the study was ‘fiction’ and criticized reporters who reported it. The aim of this new study was to establish the impact of a ‘super-spreading’ event on the spread of Covid-19. The same group conducted a similar survey after some other gatherings such as the Black Lives Matters protest in June and the Donald Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Using data from mobile operators, the scientists identified the areas from which many participants in the disputed gathering came and found new cases of infection before and after the event itself. These findings, compared to reports from a team of economists, lead to the conclusion that the moto-meeting ultimately cost public health a staggering $ 12.2 billion. ‘Even if South Dakota benefited from the moto meet, most of the total health cost was borne by the rest of the country,’ said Andrew Friedson , one of the study’s four authors. State epidemiologist: 'Results don't match what we know' Governor Noem defended the decision to hold a moto-meeting and again sharply criticized the study. 'Under the guise of academic research, this report is nothing more than an attack on those who have only exercised their personal right to visit Sturgis,' Noem said in an official statement. 'As was to be predicted, some media outlets have reported extensively on this study, which has not yet been reviewed and which is based on a false assumption that does not reflect the actual facts and data we have here in South Dakota.' Similar criticism has been leveled by some leading state health officials. The number of cases of infection in this study differs significantly from the number reported by the South Dakota Health Office. As of Tuesday, the office reported only 124 new cases among those who returned from the rally.