The 40,000 COVID-19 cases (in one day) are a marker.

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5. OH, but Trumpy's got the best... the best... people on it.

Trumpy pounds his message of denial to his loyal flock. Go about your business without masks. Gee, no fault there.
Pence is praying, praying, praying away the virus. and gay marriage. and science. and common sense. What could possibly go wrong?
Dr Birx rejected the WHO's testing, part of why we got a late start on that.
Dr Fauci helplessly facepalms and implores the heavens at the above.
Robert Redfield largely has been silenced, ignored into veritable inaction.
Alex Azar's hands were tied until he convinced idiot Trumpy to enact the defense production act.
Dr Adams, surgeon general continues the fight to get Americans to wash their damn hands, wear masks all against the WH messages of denial.
Stephen Hahn's uphill battle to increase testing against the Trumpy Tide to slow it down.
Kushner's insistence it is all just a public relations problem, oh yes, no problem there. Just call it "the chinese virus".
Nancy Messonier's message in February that this could turn into a severe problem, muffled, rendered silence by the WH powers.
Sure, no issue here, move on.

What, what could possibly go wrong with all that?