If you have a drug with 30% efficacy, that’s good. If you have a drug that is 50% effective half the time and 10% effective the other half, depending on who it is used on, and you can’t tell who is who, then you still have a 30% effective drug.
Worst case, you have a 10% effective drug. Do people want that? (Probably.)
Worst case, you have a 10% effective drug. Do people want that? (Probably.)
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Omicronomicon is a portmanteau of Omicron and Necronomicon, a book of evil magical power in the H.P. Lovecraft mythos.