Here's the article referred to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23025044
I think that lines like "So, we feel that we must say that the right to freedom of assembly (along with all of our other rights) are not luxuries that are graciously extended to us by the ruling class" and statements about the "WHO’s pattern of lying" make clear that this is a political opinion piece not a scientific paper.
I'm not trying to disparage the author. He's put a decent chunk of work into wrapping his head around the situation and shared with the world. More power to him. It's just that the output doesn't read like a research paper, or an academic review.