First of what will be many, I'm sure, on the HHS report. Much more to be investigated, but please read what we (@msjpauly.bsky.social and I) have. I'm grateful to the numerous experts who fielded email questions and calls from me today. I'm going to highlight some statements in the 🧵

Kellan Baker, executive director of the Whitman-Walker Institute for Health Research and Policy: “It’s a post-hoc justification for a political agenda they wanted to pursue anyway. You don’t do good science in 90 days with a ‘research question’ that’s determined by political fiat.”

Daniel Aaron, a physician and associate professor of law at University of Utah: “The document is marked with the signature of politics, which is antithetical to the way that science is normally conducted."