What has me confused is it seems to be referring to some “new study” but doesn’t cite it, and I can’t find that study online.

Even if the study existed, and even if it were somehow accurate, that would have been 18 years ago and wholly irrelevant today. And those are big "if"s.

I don’t really know what the post is trying to discuss. Unfortunately, the poster seems to be completely silent on the subject beyond posting the link to the article.