Morno
The biggest fool can say the Sun is shining but that doesn't make it dark outside.
Yes, I know very little about aviation having only worked for one airline and one defence/aerospace company apart from I.T, Government and the commercialization industry including sitting on the Board of a medical start up.
I received a private briefing from two key Covid investigators from the Peter Doherty Institute in March last year, the contents of which I shared on Pprune at the time which proved substantially correct.
The response I received then from one or two of your colleagues was exactly the same as yours.
If you continue to reject advice out of hand, no matter, or rather because of, the source, then you and your industry deserve your fate.
I still get tidbits, but I rarely share them.