Louisiana congressman says he has COVID-19 for the 2nd time

Rep. Clay Higgins.
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Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) shared on social media Sunday that he and his wife both have COVID-19 for the second time.

Higgins wrote that he keeps his "family's private business very quiet, because of the evil in the world," but is providing a health update because of the "love of God's children." Higgins said he has COVID-19, and so does his wife, Becca, and their son. He claimed that "Becca and I had COVID before, early on, in January 2020, before the world really knew what it was." Higgins called the coronavirus "the CCP biological attack weaponized virus," referring to a baseless conspiracy theory that it was purposely leaked by China.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.