If taken seriously this should have implications on purchasing decisions and I'm not sure what would happen if some (government) organizations would ask Intel to take back their hardware because there's un-patachable RCE.
I mention the car recalls or the old Intel chip recalls or any recalls really because that past situations that could be comparable (I'm not implying this will lead to car recalls, only that that's past events that could be looked at for predicting how this might develop).
It's very confusing to me how you get to these conclusions. Nothing in this news is about any scandals that would warrant any of your suspicions.