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\"It's been extremely busy compared to other years so far,\" said Pete Gold, the owner of One-Eyed Jack's Saloon, a Sturgis-based biker bar. He estimated that at least 100,000 people had arrived in town already.

\"There's not one single person here wearing a mask,\" he added. \"These people -- bikers, Trump supporters, South Dakota Republicans -- do not believe in it.\"

Despite being unconcerned about COVID-19 or the delta variant, Gold said that he and his family got vaccinated because they want to travel internationally, including to Thailand, where he lives for part of the year.

\"I suffered through two Pfizers,\" he said. \"I have a lot of countries I haven't been to, so if I don't get vaccinated, I can't go.\"

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