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Is the GOP taking COVID-19 seriously?

The president has COVID . A number of his close confidants, including Kellyanne Conway and Chris Christie , have COVID diagnoses of their own. It appears that Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett's Rose Garden Nomination Ceremony  was a "superspreader" event that spread COVID among all levels of government -- from the Presidency to the Senate.  There were some key details to the ceremony: it was largely mask-less , it ignored social distancing protocols  and it was a GOP event (I'll get into that later). Descriptions of the event paint a picture of an administration unconcerned with traditional COVID precautions. There were few face masks present and people were seated closely together. Instead, the White House relied on rapid COVID tests, which deliver results in 15 minutes, to screen guests for the Coronavirus prior to entering the Rose Garden.  However, frustratingly, the Trump Administration completely misused these tests -- putting everyone who attended the ev