'So this is our SECOND experience with the Chinese Communist Party biological attack weaponized virus': Republican Clay Higgins, 59, blames China as he and his wife catch COVID for a second time
Congressman Clay Higgins revealed that he, his wife and his son have gotten the coronavirus, which he called a 'biological attack' from the Chinese Communist Party, in a Facebook post Sunday.
The third-term US Representative from Louisiana said he and his fourth wife Becca previously had the virus in January 2020 'before the world really knew what it was.
'So, this is our second experience with the CCP biological attack weaponized virus … and this episode is far more challenging. It has required all of my devoted energy.'
It is unclear if Higgins or his family have been vaccinated.
US Rep. Clay Higgins has revealed he and his wife Becca have Covid for the second time
Higgins, 59, called the virus a '(Chinese Communist Party) biological attack weaponized virus'
The congressman seemed to promote the unproven theory that the virus was intentionally created and dispersed by the Chinese government.
The US and international bodies like the World Health Organization are pushing China to be more transparent about the origins of the virus as American intelligence agencies consider the theory that it may have escaped from a lab in China.
The Delta variant of Covid-19, first identified in India, is 'aggressive and much more transmissible than previously circulating strains,' CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a briefing last week.
The variant is now responsible for most cases in the US, India, Israel and the UK.
Most hospitalizations and serious cases of Covid are among those who have not been vaccinated.
About 98 to 99 percent of the Americans dying of the coronavirus are unvaccinated, suggested former Covid-19 Biden administration advisor Andy Slavvit in June.
'We are all under excellent care, and our prognosis is positive,' Higgins told his followers Sunday. 'We are very healthy generally speaking, and our treatment of any health concern always encompasses western, eastern, and holistic variables.'
'We are all under excellent care, and our prognosis is positive,' he told his followers Sunday. Above, Higgins leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in June 2018
Higgins' fourth wife, Becca, underwent a long treatment for multiple sclerosis in 2018
Higgins, 59, did not respond to a CNN survey asking member of Congress about their vaccination status. Almost half of Republicans did not respond to the survey.
His office did not immediately respond to queries from DailyMail.com.
In an editorial for the The Daily American newspaper in April, Higgins said his office had 'aggressively promoted' the availability of vaccines and called their development 'scientifically sound,' though he expressed skepticism about their safety.
He claimed he and his wife had 'naturalized immunity' from having the virus last year.
Higgins' wife, Becca, underwent an eight-to-10 hour treatment akin to 'chemotherapy' for multiple sclerosis, according to a Facebook post from May 2018.
'I love and respect you all,' Higgins wrote Sunday.
'I am honored and humbled to serve you in Congress. Our mission will continue. My family and I will recover fully. Your prayerful support is felt deep within my family and will never be forgotten.'
A former law enforcement officer, Higgins has represented Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District since 2017.