The article has a lot of damaging emails. Some participants/authors withdrew from the study because they thought it was biased. The tests’ accuracy claimed by the manufacturer was contradicted by something called “ELISA” analysis by another Stanford faculty member. But the authors never mentioned this or corrected their conclusions. They then went on Fox News, gave lots of interviews, continuing to claim they had proven something which was in fact false. It’s worth reading the article.
I’m not ignoring what you are saying but a lot of good is being undone by so called “anonymous” whistle blowers in this nation. Put up a factual counterstudy that either confirms or denies this study and the science will be vindicated. When I see a cloud of accusations surrounding a study but no other study that can reproduce or not reproduce the aforementioned study...then that is not science.
The funding sources and even the reasons for pursuing the study should not matter as long as the science is sound.