Seven days before Donald Trump took office, his aides were tested on how to respond to panademic scenerio. And in the words of several attendees, the atmosphere was “weird” at best, chilly at worst. March 16, 2020 "But roughly two-thirds of the Trump representatives in that room are no longer serving in the administration."

McCarthy put Marjorie Taylor Greene on the COVID committee. Greene lost over $100,000 of her 2021 Congressional salary for not wearing a mask (and avoiding metal detectors) and her personal Twitter and Facebook accounts for repeatedly spreading COVID misinformation.

That's how the GOP is planning to respond to another pandemic - by spreading disinformation and hamstringing the nationing response.