Brian Christine said the reported association warranted serious scientific scrutiny and said HHS would continue research on the relationship.
U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health
“This study raises important questions about what happens when ideology is given the authority of medicine.”
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Official statement
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HHS's official release presents the report's claimed associations, quotes Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brian Christine calling for further scrutiny, and says the study does not determine causality or measure actual commission or intent of political violence.
Before the quotation
HHS's release describes the commissioned survey and its reported associations before quoting Christine.
After the quotation
Christine's full statement calls the association worthy of scrutiny and says HHS will pursue research. The same release says the study did not determine causality or measure violent behavior or intent.
How this statement is classified
Christine treats the report's stated association as a valid basis for further inquiry and supports HHS continuing this research, while not claiming the study proved causation.
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