Scientists generally avoid speaking in absolutes. They cannot formally test every single case to show it doesn’t happen and you run into issues of analytic sensitivity. As far as we can tell, it is so unlikely as to be functionally impossible in the same way that 0.999999999999… = 1.

Edward Nirenberg
Edward Nirenberg

Written by Edward Nirenberg

I write about vaccines here. You can find me on Twitter @enirenberg and at deplatformdisease.com (where I publish the same content without a paywall)

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