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mrobyesterday at 9:17 PM2 repliesview on HN

The reduction in risk is 0.08 percentage points, not 0.08 percent. The "%" symbol always means "percent", not "percentage points". The 0.08 percentage point reduction is a 40% reduction.

EDIT: don't assume the causality


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baxtryesterday at 9:19 PM

Maybe they wanted to say "down to" instead of "by"?

sieabahlparkyesterday at 10:40 PM

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