Obviously I wouldn't know for sure since I'm not the author. That said, I think the author is saying that bad things can happen to a person, even if the heavily

Obviously I wouldn't know for sure since I'm not the author. That said, I think the author is saying that bad things can happen to a person, even if the heavily correlated thing has not happened to a person? Again, just taking a stab at what the author meant. Not claiming that I know or anything.