The original SARS virus had the same relationship and that was peer reviewed.

Do you have a basis for saying its bogus? This is a new result.

How would you even do a double blind control study. Expose people to the virus?

Is there some particular reason why this would not pass peer review in some low level journal? Are the statistics off? Or is the data fabricated? Because it will be published and it will pass the peer review if it satisfies those basic conditions. Peer review just means that someone else read the paper and judged whether the content seems reasonable. I don't think it is productive to call an article bogus because it is not peer reviewed. The judgement should be based on content.

There are no double blind studies for anything covid just yet.