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by kemotep 2310 days ago
Just because the statistical probability of something happening is very low does not mean that it is physically impossible.

Flipping a coin 100 times and having the results all be heads is extremely low but still physically possible.

We can be skeptical about China's official numbers but just because something is statistically unlikely to happen and it happens does not mean immediately that there is foul play.