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beginner vs what is — genuinely asking which matters more

Question Long Haul ×6 Cold Box ×2 Slow Clap ×2

Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles.

The claim: basics matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have been asserting it confidently for about 22 months without either producing anything.

What would actually settle it is 19 people measuring the same thing the same way. I have started; my numbers are below. They lean one way but not strongly enough for me to declare victory.

If you have data, post the data. If you have an opinion, flair it as an opinion.

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u/ffmi_watcher528 points·1 year ago

This is a good question, genuinely.

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u/renzo_yildiz423 points·1 year ago

pens versus vials, same molecule, different price

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u/rekha_teixeira229 points·1 year ago

what is titration — it means going slow on the escalation

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u/arne_restrepo157 points·1 year ago

Yeah, that is totally normal for week 16.

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u/marisol_kravchenko35 points·1 year ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/hugo_norgaard25 points·1 year ago·edited

Slight fix: the number was 98.7, not 98.9. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.

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u/adaeze_cabrera14 points·1 year ago

Not to be pedantic but basics and what is are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/due_diligence_dee10 points·1 year ago·edited

Not to be pedantic but basics and what is are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

Disagree on that part. 97.4% and 96.8% on the same vial is normal.

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u/kaplan_meier_kim4 points·1 year ago

Not to be pedantic but week one and basics are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/aurel_mwangi164 points·1 year ago

Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 15–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.

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u/halima_mbeki45 points·1 year ago

rudeness is removed faster than bad questions

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u/second_week_sceptic65 points·1 year ago

the first time question is not dumb

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u/micro_bump_mick73 points·1 year ago

Three years on this site and the questions have not changed at all. Which is depressing or reassuring depending on the day.

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u/wholesome_lurkerMOD35 points·1 year ago

Flair changed to match the content. Read the sidebar before posting next time and we are square.

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u/ruben_almeida42 points·1 year ago

link the wiki instead of retyping, but politely

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u/intent_to_treatOP30 points·1 year ago

The beginner question took me three weeks to understand. Wiki explained it eventually.

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u/rekha_teixeira19 points·1 year ago

week two nothing happening — yes, that is normal

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u/elise_grimaldi8 points·1 year ago

what is a COA — certificate of analysis, document from the lab

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u/asks_dumb_questions19 points·1 year ago

be kind, condescending answers are removed

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u/britt_zamora69 points·1 year ago

This is a good question, genuinely.

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u/ms_fragmenter37 points·1 year ago

The injection was scarier than the first time itself. 19 seconds and I was shocked it was the easiest part.

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u/reads_the_wiki22 points·1 year ago

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with first time, not with what you concluded.

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