Are bicycles the secret to immortality?
The author responded to this exact criticism in the comments, saying that the reduction in chance if death was over the 5 year study, not in perpetuity.
A redraft might be a good idea, but I think the sentence holds up.
Indeed I hadn't believed that that was the message that the journalist was trying to get across, but the sentence is quite vague.
Reading it back now with that clarification makes a lot more sense. But like you said, might be worth a quick redraft.
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The author responded to this exact criticism in the comments, saying that the reduction in chance if death was over the 5 year study, not in perpetuity.
A redraft might be a good idea, but I think the sentence holds up.