; Whereas, on March 11, the World Health Organization declared COVID–19 a global pandemic, with 118,000 persons infected and 4,291 dead in 114 different countries at the time of the announcement; Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China has argued recently that COVID–19 did not originate in the People’s Republic of China; Whereas the Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of China has alleged that the United States Army may have delivered COVID–19 to the city of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of China; Whereas the Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of China has said, China’s endeavor to combating [sic] the epidemic has bought time for [international] preparedness ; and Whereas a University of Southampton study found that earlier intervention by the Government of the People’s Republic of China could have significantly limited the geographic spread of COVID–19: Now, therefore, be it