Very interesting. Sadly, I find myself wondering whether this research will ever become something if it doesn't fit the officially endorsed "fear narrative."
The whole thing is such a circus. We cover things up because we have created a system in which the liability attached to admitting you were wrong is so enormous (thanks to our litigious tendencies) that everybody covers up instead of doing "the right thing." Meanwhile, greed rules on all levels.
This new normal is definitely not a "normal" I like or want to be part of...