I think I’m starting to feel similar to you in this regard. For example, when someone gets in an accident and needs to be in the hospital for half a year, you don’t put them immediately back on the high performing soccer team. You give them time to regain their skills again, build up muscle, and after another half year they might be able to go back into the A-team, you know?
Therefore I think it’s kind of normal to be wary of pointing new user towards using CalyxOS when they are back making their security updates. So some time after that is needed to make us regain trust in their abilities.