there... is... no... bottom...
welp, if the following is true, we may well have a glimpse of the actually bottom.
How Jared Kushner’s Secret Testing Plan “Went Poof Into Thin AirThis spring, a team working under the president's son-in-law produced a plan for an aggressive, coordinated national COVID-19 response that could have brought the pandemic under control. So why did the White House spike it in favor of a shambolic 50-state response?
background/tl;dr from a friend:
"This looks really bad, and Vanity Fair has documents to back up their source. The White House had a nationwide testing/tracing plan in March, received the tests, but then axed the plan because the virus was affecting blue states worse at the time. They decided it would be a political mistake to institute nationwide testing when instead they could blame Democratic governors.
The deal was shady, too. They bought the tests from a UAE company totally off the books. The only reason we know about it is because that company has released the documents and receipts.
A national testing and tracing plan has been instrumental in every country that has successfully managed covid-19. If the White House's plan was put into action in April, as was originally the goal, it could have saved tens of thousands of lives and prevented the severe economic damage that we are now facing. Instead, the White House wanted the opportunity to criticize Cuomo and praise DeSantis. Now New York has turned it around while Florida, Texas, and Arizona are the epicenters. I would say "womp womp" if it wasn't so fucking tragic."
i'm generally not in favor of another impeachment, but should the above be true i'd be willing to make an exception.
