That makes a lot of contextual sense, I'm inclined to agree, I'll be sure to share with the team to get their perspective.
Might be better just to say it will reduce decay by 50% and drop the +/- altogether.
I read something is reduced by -50% I am going to never use it as I do not automatically think back 50+ years to the last time I dealt with negative numbers other than to add and subtract.
I mean negative fractions and -%, just have not had to use them.