U.S. Rep. Higgins, wife, son have COVID-19

St. Mary’s representative in Congress has contracted COVID-19 for the second time, and this time the illness is “far more challenging.”
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette, made the announcement on Facebook over the weekend.
Higgins said he, his wife Becca and his son all have COVID-19. Clay and Becca Higgins were COVID-positive once before, “early on, in January 2020, before the world really knew what it was.”
The most recent episode “has required all of my devoted energy,” Higgins said.
Higgins has not announced publicly whether he has been vaccinated. Media sources quote an interview with the Lake Charles American Press editorial board in which Higgins said he believed he had antibodies against COVID because of the first infection last year.
“We are all under excellent care, and our prognosis is positive,” Higgins said on Facebook about the recent case of COVID-19. “We are very healthy generally speaking, and our treatment of any health concern always encompasses western, eastern, and holistic variables.”
Higgins referred to COVID-19 as “the CCP biological attack weaponized virus. …” That’s an apparent reference to the Chinese Communist Party and recent reporting linking the first cases of COVID-19 to a government laboratory in Wuhan, China. The reporting has stopped short of saying that the virus was created or refined as a weapon.
Higgins thanked his constituents for their support.
“I love and respect you all,” he wrote. “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.”