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Resident urges Selectboard to form COVID-response review committee during public comment
Summary
At public comment, resident Emily Peyton urged the Selectboard to convene a committee to review Putney's pandemic response, alleging incentives influenced hospital and public-health practices and citing a documentary (VAXXED III); no board action was taken on the request.
During public comment at the Oct. 16 Selectboard meeting, resident Emily Peyton read a prepared statement urging the board to form a committee to review Putney’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic over the last four years.
Peyton criticized pandemic-era policies and alleged financial incentives for certain COVID diagnoses and treatments, urging transparency and a formal local review. She referenced documentary material (VAXXED III) and requested the Selectboard convene a review committee and bring reports back to the board.
The Selectboard received the comment; no action to create a review committee was recorded in the meeting minutes.
Why it matters: Public-comment requests for local review of historic public-health decisions raise questions about local accountability and the Selectboard’s role in responding to constituent concerns, but establishing an investigatory or review committee would be a separate, formal action.
