Tweeti wouldn't say NOT harming the thyroid, it has to be effected in some way being that you're ingesting a synthetic hormone mimicking the job of the thyroid...so because of that, the thyroid would be shut down to some degree.
i'm pretty sure it converts to 25% (roughly) to t3....not sure i worded it right, but basically if you ingest 100mcg of t4, it will convert to roughly 25mcg of t3.