Elon_Musk [none/use name] to news • 3 years agoU.S. officials are concerned that they are seeing more breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated people.external-linkmessage-square43 fedilinkarrow-up180
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minus-squareEsoteir [he/him]hexbear25·edit-23 years agoim prolly wrong but doesn't a "1.2-fold reduction in neutralising effect" basically mean it's less than half as effective against the delta variant? or is it just 20% less effective ugh just freakin use percentages or something science people :rage-cry: idk how fold change terminology works link
minus-squareTheLepidopterists [he/him]hexbear2·3 years agoTo me a 2 fold reduction sounds like half as good so 1.2 should be -10% right? link
minus-squareEsoteir [he/him]hexbear2·3 years agoi believe it but at the same time does a "1-fold reduction" mean a -0% change? what if its going from like 3 fold to 2 fold would that still be called a "1-fold reduction"? why is this a thing why is this terminology real :rage-cry: link
minus-squareTheLepidopterists [he/him]hexbear3·3 years agoFlashbacks to losing my mind about significant figures in chemistry class 15 years ago. link
im prolly wrong but doesn't a "1.2-fold reduction in neutralising effect" basically mean it's less than half as effective against the delta variant?
or is it just 20% less effective ugh just freakin use percentages or something science people :rage-cry:
idk how fold change terminology works
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To me a 2 fold reduction sounds like half as good so 1.2 should be -10% right?
i believe it but at the same time does a "1-fold reduction" mean a -0% change? what if its going from like 3 fold to 2 fold would that still be called a "1-fold reduction"?
why is this a thing why is this terminology real :rage-cry:
Flashbacks to losing my mind about significant figures in chemistry class 15 years ago.