It means that speculation based on other evidences, besides statistics, will be more effective at determining the reality of our current situation.

Anecdotes are meaningless.

I can put 2 and 2 together. It's obvious

Argument dismissed, then. That’s not how reality works.

You seem to resist evidence

Literally asking for some.

until it formatting into your narrow learning channel

Translation: literally any evidence at all.

But my money is betting that there is another culling in the works

So prove it.

one is required to use other more relevant evidence

To which only you seem to be privy, as you don’t seem to want to explain.