Half-Life Defined as the Time Until Half of the Log Titer Is Not Informative and Should Be Replaced With Segments: Comment on Hirose et al, 2020.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

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