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Public commenter tells Tennessee One Health committee the initiative risks "control grids" and urges federal outreach
Summary
During public comment at the committeemeeting, Bernadette Pajer of Stand For Health Freedom argued One Health tools can be misused to curtail freedoms and urged the committee to consult NIH and HHS, citing an article by Bhattacharya and Memoli; committee members did not record a formal response.
Bernadette Pajer, volunteer Tennessee director of Stand For Health Freedom, used the meetingpublic comment period to warn the committee that One Health concepts are being misapplied and urged outreach to federal health leaders.
"Many Tennesseans have grave concerns about how the concept of One Health is being utilized by global entities," Pajer said. "The tools and direction public health invested industries have chosen and how they are being used lead not to common sense health measures, but control grids and violations of our God given constitutionally protected freedom."
Pajer cited an article by Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew J. Memoli and told the committee she believes the United States should prioritize population health improvements as a preparedness strategy: "The best pandemic preparedness playbook for the United States is making America healthy again," she quoted from the piece.
The committee did not provide a substantive response on the record after the comment. Jane Yackley, meeting convener, then reminded attendees that 2026 meeting dates were being finalized and will be posted on the Tennessee One Health webpage and the Department of Health calendar.
