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TexasTowelie

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Tue Sep 22, 2020, 01:48 AM Sep 2020

Seating Tight at October 24 Noem/Sanford Superspreader Concert

Are you hoping to crowd into the Denny Sanford Premier Center for Governor Kristi Noem‘s Coronavirus Showcase Concert with Chris Young next month? Better hurry—seating appears to be limited:

In an added twist, the indoor space where as many as 5,000 people will be gathering with no mask requirement and no guarantee of social distancing is named after T. Denny Sanford. That is the same billionaire philanthropist who poured more than $1 billion into the health care outfit that also bears his name.

He may not be aware that his name is doubly connected to what the seating chart suggests could be a superspreading event. The upper decks are closed, technically limiting the crowd to 50 percent capacity. But several of the open sections are already all but filled. Only one ticket is available in a section with 514 seats [Michael Daly, “This Superspreader Concert Is Brought to You by a Health Care Firm,” Daily Beast, 2020.09.21].


Sanford Health is sponsoring this contagion opportunity, which may produce direct increases in their daily business. Paging Dr. Bastiat….

Read more: http://dakotafreepress.com/2020/09/21/seating-tight-at-october-24-noem-sanford-superspreader-concert/
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