One concrete data point for the thread. For anyone reading later: the numbers in this thread are worth checking against a primary source before you act on them, including mine. Half the figures circulating in this community trace back to a secondary summary that dropped a qualifier.
Following on from rachel_ABQ — and this may be the naive question:
How long did you give it before you decided it was working?
Dr.PulmRoch said:For anyone reading later: the numbers in this thread are worth checking against a primary source before you act on them, including mine.
I read this differently. The confidence in this thread is running ahead of the evidence, and I would rather the uncertainty were stated than smoothed over because it is unsatisfying.
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Shop Reference StandardsDr.PulmRoch said:For anyone reading later: the numbers in this thread are worth checking against a primary source before you act on them, including mine.
True, with the qualification that this is a self-selected group. The people for whom it did not work post less, and that shapes everything we think we know.
Dr.PulmRoch said:For anyone reading later: the numbers in this thread are worth checking against a primary source before you act on them, including mine.
This answered a question I did not know how to ask. Sending this to two other people who asked me the same thing last week.