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Description: Covid vaccine hesitancy is at an all-time high, even though over 99% of people dying from covid are unvaccinated. The new Delta variant is spreading like wildfire, and the virus will likely mutate again. And yet, anti-vaxxers, worried about the risk of the vaccine, routinely shrug off the risk of the virus, citing the 99% covid survival rate. But there's a major mental shortcut many of them take in doing this. -- If you enjoyed this video, please consider supporting my work: Make a per-video pledge: patreon.com/holykoolaid Make a monthly pledge: subscribestar.com/holykoolaid Make a one-time donation: paypal.me/holykoolaid Join my newsletter: holykoolaid.com/newsletter -- Get Holy Koolaid Merchandise: holykoolaid.creator-spring.com + Twitter: @holykoolaid Sources: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (affiliate link): amzn.to/3i4mDCw Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated: apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-941fcf43d9731c76c16e7354f5d5e187 Experts discuss the race against new variants: today.tamu.edu/2021/04/27/a-race-against-time Death rates of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated compared: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/19/covid-death-numbers-vaccinated-vs-unvaccinated CDC Info on breakthrough cases: cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-departments/breakthrough-cases.html List of past epidemics: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics An interesting twist to the bat and ball puzzle regarding intuitions: psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/obsonline/a-new-twist-on-a-classic-puzzle.html Research leading up to the mRNA vaccine breakthrough: academic.oup.com/pcp/article-abstract/27/4/619/1850703 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1074761305002116 clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/13/2/540 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2835112 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22549871 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3478238 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597572 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4798869 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5439223 nature.com/articles/nrd.2017.243 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5964141 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987916 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6631684 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6901985 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6936610 mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/1/204/htm nature.com/articles/s41541-020-0159-8 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.08.280818v1 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7554980 nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2028436