Analogy
Let me give you an analogy.
High cholesterol is associated with higher risk of heart attacks. Lower the cholesterol, lower the risk. There is no absolute cutoff limit. However, greater doses of medicines are needed to lower the cholesterol lower. And so we make a compromise between the two. And there are rough guidelines for the "acceptable" cholesterol levels. These guidelines are derived from data from hundreds of thousands of patients. And in this group of patients, there are some patients with very high cholesterol who do not have any heart attacks at all. However since the general trend supports treating high cholesterol levels, one cannot rely on anecdotal reports of patients with high cholesterol but no problems, to treat a given individual.
Similarly, you may know someone who did not even work for the sponsor and who got away with it. But this does not represent the general trend, and based on some anecdotal reports, wrong and risky advise cannot be given by reasonable individuals.
Let me give you an analogy.
High cholesterol is associated with higher risk of heart attacks. Lower the cholesterol, lower the risk. There is no absolute cutoff limit. However, greater doses of medicines are needed to lower the cholesterol lower. And so we make a compromise between the two. And there are rough guidelines for the "acceptable" cholesterol levels. These guidelines are derived from data from hundreds of thousands of patients. And in this group of patients, there are some patients with very high cholesterol who do not have any heart attacks at all. However since the general trend supports treating high cholesterol levels, one cannot rely on anecdotal reports of patients with high cholesterol but no problems, to treat a given individual.
Similarly, you may know someone who did not even work for the sponsor and who got away with it. But this does not represent the general trend, and based on some anecdotal reports, wrong and risky advise cannot be given by reasonable individuals.