Wouldn't it be necessary to know the number of people eating lettuce for this argument to hold weight? For example, I could argue so few people were affected b

Wouldn't it be necessary to know the number of people eating lettuce for this argument to hold weight? For example, I could argue so few people were affected because not many were eating lettuce, and then when news broke, nobody was eating lettuce. I know more people that drive cars than eat lettuce.