The Arizona Republic reports:
Rep. Andy Biggs is neither a physician nor a scientist but he continues to attack public health advice and scientific evidence on COVID-19. Biggs, R-Ariz., whose 5th Congressional District includes most of the East Valley area, in recent days has posted a string of anti-mask messages on social media.
Biggs is urging people to “unmask” and fight back against restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, arguing the policies are “oppressive” and have been worse than the disease itself.
Biggs, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, made the comments in a series of tweets published this week. On Wednesday, he tweeted it was time for Arizona to take a new approach that “values and protects all life.”
Government bureaucrats have taken enough freedoms away from us. No more. #UnMaskArizona pic.twitter.com/hS053SP6np
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) September 9, 2020
It’s time for a new approach in AZ, one that values & protects all life. We must give hope to the public & set forth a plan to reopen the economy & remove oppressive gov’t restrictions.
Right now, the cure for COVID-19 has proved worse than the disease itself.#ReOpenArizona pic.twitter.com/7VyWItSn3X
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) September 9, 2020