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Re:A Blue Pill Is Stopping HIV, World-First Study Shows by Dylan16807 on Sunday October 21, 2018 @08:26PM (#18271222)
> The question for any test, even a true-false, is first a matter of "how much".

So if someone asks "Does strawberry intake affect HIV antibody tests?", the answer isn't "no"?

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Re:A Blue Pill Is Stopping HIV, World-First Study Shows by ghkbrew on Sunday October 21, 2018 @08:51PM (#18271331)
Welcome to research and statistics. The most accurate answer is probably something like: "the effect of strawberry intake on HIV antibody testing is not significantly different than zero based on current evidence". There very well may be an effect it's just so small we can't tell it from the noise.
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