The 4-1 majority decision is a notable win for Republicans in the state, following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
The rise in cases follows at least a majority (69%) of Georgia residents receiving a COVID vaccine as of May, raising questions about the vaccine's efficacy.
As debate around the coronavirus "lab leak hypothesis" continues, fueling speculation as to the extent human intention or error contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, questions are raised about whether Pfizer's laboratories in Mumbai and Johannesburg are implicated in the emergence of new COVID variants like Eris.
"There is a clear trend: pathogens that fall within the Pentagon's area of interest, such as COVID-19, avian influenza, African swine fever, subsequently become pandemic, and American pharmaceutical companies become the beneficiaries."