if it's so obvious that this is going to produce these side effects, then why on earth did they gamble ?
(because, it definitely look like gambling, like "investors are behind us right now, so we have the money to do it, so let's do it before money runs out")
My brother in commenting they are doing trials. Trials are by nature bets. That’s how we move science forward.
They’re not trying to kill people. There is a hell of a lot more money in _not_ killing people.