Has anyone dealt with dumb question - what is bacteriostatic water exactly?

BethLabQueen said:

Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here.

Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence. Something real and small gets treated here as though it were real and decisive.

Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.

BethLabQueen said:

Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here.

Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion.

Moderator note: a couple of off-topic posts removed. Carry on.

Dr.PathRoch said:

Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence.

Second this.

Dr.PathRoch said:

Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence.

There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person. Both are real; they answer different questions and get quoted as if they were the same one.