HOUSE RESOLUTION 13

(By Delegates Ridenour, Thorne, Mazzocchi, Kimble, Foster, Kirby, Honaker, Longanacre, Crouse, A. Hall, Dillon and Adkins)

February 13, 2023

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary then to the Committee on Rules

Requesting an inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whereas, The Legislature of West Virginia finds that many lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are still afflicting our citizens; and

Whereas, Individuals who were vaccinated with the emergency approved vaccine have suffered serious adverse reactions including myocarditis, pericarditis, inflammatory issues, clotting, strokes, and even death; and

Whereas, Individuals who refused the vaccine faced termination of their employment, discriminatory practices and treatment, differences in medical treatment, including forced treatment which they or family members did not want or consent to; and

Whereas, Businesses closed due public health mandates which made it prohibitive for them to keep their doors open, or added expenses which made their businesses uncompetitive; and

Whereas, There has never been adequate explanation or justification made for all the rules, demands, and coercion put on individuals based on the pandemic; and

Whereas, The Nuremberg Code standard of medical treatment being voluntary, without the "intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, or overreaching" was completely ignored by much of the medical and public health authorities, both in our state and nationally; and

Whereas, Open discussion and questions were restricted and those who dissented from the public narrative were silenced and de-platformed from social media; therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Delegates:

That the Legislature of West Virginia requests a combined investigative task force be created by the current United States House of Representatives, to incorporate or coordinate with other state, national and international investigations, entities, and activities to discuss and investigate the origins of and the response to the pandemic and recommend corrective actions.  The Legislature recommends that this task force be empowered to refer criminal charges where warranted to the appropriate authorities.  Additionally, the task force should recommend corrective actions to recover from this pandemic, mitigate the potential for future pandemics, and ensure that the appropriate entities that caused the pandemic and resulting ineffective responses to the pandemic are held to account.  The Legislature further recommends that Congress call for international tribunals, similar to the Nuremberg, Dachau and Khabarovsk war crimes trials after World War II, to try those entities, not directly subject to United States legal action, that are identified as having committed crimes against humanity.