You make interesting observations about research in general. While your points are well-founded, at the same time they do not imply research in a new previousl

You make interesting observations about research in general. While your points are well-founded, at the same time they do not imply research in a new previously unpublished field is insignificant or should not be discussed, especially when about a widespread phenomenon or behavior. I feel your warning is more of a disclaimer than a rebuttal? Being first published June 27, 2022, this paper is new, and has not yet been peer reviewed or even cited. It only tracks a total of 35,114 Ontario participants aged 12–65 years over a 6-year period, with some 41 references. Researchers are all previously published: Nicholas T Vozoris https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22author%3ANicholas+T+Vozoris%22 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22author%3ANicholas+T+... Jingqin Zhu https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22author%3AJingqin+Zhu%22 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22author%3AJingqin+Zhu... Clodagh M Ryan https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22author%3AClodagh+M+Ryan%22 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22author%3AClodagh+M+R... Chung-Wai Chow https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22author%3AChung-Wai+Chow%22 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22author%3AChung-Wai+C... Teresa To https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22author%3ATeresa+To%22 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22author%3ATeresa+To%2...