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Dr. Dan Erickson, who owns several urgent care facilities throughout California and is a specialist in emergency medicine, warned of the "collateral damage" resulting from the coronavirus outbreak and the stay at home orders, which, he said, only elongates the curve and decreases immune systems, and "isn't a good plan" and his early warnings on the issue, he said, were silenced.
With fewer than 48 hours remaining in Gov. Doug Ducey's statewide lockdown, it's worth considering the story of the Fountain Hills pizza parlor whose owner now stands accused of a crime.
This, for allowing customers to eat and drink at tables on the restaurant's patio.
There was a big hoo-hah this week when the top health official in Virginia seemed to say that Virginia would not reopen until a vaccine was developed and in use, which might take up to two years. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, has done and said so many outrageous things that the comment was believable.
President Donald Trump signed a bill into law Friday providing a $484 billion infusion of coronavirus spending, rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under the strain of a pandemic that has claimed almost 50,000 American lives and 1 in 6 U.S. jobs.
The bipartisan measure passed through Congress almost unanimously this week.
Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona was one of five House members to vote against the bill Thursday.
A high-tech method to pinpoint who is infected with the coronavirus is drawing pushback over potential privacy abuses.
Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of the chamber's most conservative Republicans, is among the most outspoken about contact tracing.
Rachel del Guidice: I'm joined today on The Daily Signal Podcast by Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona. Congressman Biggs, It's great to have you again on The Daily Signal Podcast.
Rep. Andy Biggs: Rachel, it's good to be with you.
Growing discontent with stringent state-level restrictions imposed to mitigate the coronavirus is pouring out into the streets near state capitols in ways reminiscent of the last decade's conservative activism.
"They have a very Tea Party feel," said Tea Party Express co-founder Sal Russo of the demonstrations.
Conservatives in the House are calling for the country to immediately reopen, raising concerns that the closure of nonessential businesses due to COVID-19 infringes on individuals' rights and could have detrimental long-term effects on the economy.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) is calling on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to push back on calls to provide additional funding for state and local economies in the next coronavirus stimulus package.
Republicans in the House of Representatives are criticizing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's claim that President Donald Trump cutting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) is "illegal."