tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post3807819695408355229..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Current Status PageDBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-156481342160247102006-11-08T17:58:00.000-08:002006-11-08T17:58:00.000-08:00Tom, I wish it were so, but folks like the Anonymo...Tom, I wish it were so, but folks like the Anonymous Fortune Teller keep bringing it back to life, at least as a rumour.<br /><br />Truth value aside, it is a widely circulated, believed, and active rumour.<br /><br />In terms of policy, I guess I'm moving things to the dead heap only when there's no one who really thinks it anymore.<br /><br />TBVDBrowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-35491981237028526932006-11-08T17:50:00.000-08:002006-11-08T17:50:00.000-08:00I think the notion that he blood doped with tainte...I think the notion that he blood doped with tainted blood has been pretty thoroughly debunked. The small quantity of blood added to the large existing base would make it almost impossible by itself for any synthetic T in the added blood to make a measurable.<br /><br />Add to that the fact that testosterone leaves the bloodstream and is absorbed by other tissues almost immediately, and the odds of a scenario become truly remote. An athlete would have to donate their blood within a couple of minutes of administering T.<br /><br />And on top of that, T is generally administered orally or by patch, which is very gradual, which means there's never a spike that would show up in the blood values in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com