I was hedging a bit... Even assuming it's true, it might actually be preferable to allow them to come up with some face-saving "clerical error" and reverse cou

I was hedging a bit... Even assuming it's true, it might actually be preferable to allow them to come up with some face-saving "clerical error" and reverse course. That's assuming they are at least somewhat spooked by these stories coming out now and have belatedly realised the trouble they are in otherwise. Yes, I know that isn't likely to happen. That's not because I have any sympathy –- it's the rare occasion where every fibre of my being is yearning for the pitchfork. It's like the logic where you catch your spouse cheating, and they kinda know they were caught. But you somehow muddle your way through with even implausible deniability because you both want the relationship to survive and the standard playbook just doesn't allow that. Assuming it's true, the normal result, and the only result that would allow reconciliation, would be impeachment/resignation and criminal prosecution. The charge is somewhere between thousand-fold negligent homicide up to (but not including) something not entirely unlike Genocide? But given recent experience, none of that would happen. Imagine Biden becoming President and a second or third wave hitting in early 2021. Then what? People will be out for blood. Would the new admin have the grace and political capital to resist calls for retribution? Or would that just be seen as rolling over, chumps doing good-governance as if nothing had happened, setting themselves up for even worse next time around? This is a road that leads to only very dark places.