The Odds of Dying of 17 Different Things (If You’re Vaccinated)

(They’re a lot more dangerous than Covid. If you’re vaccinated.)

Here are the odds of dying from various activities:

• Riding in a Car: 1 in 106
• Riding a Motorcycle For More Than 15 Miles in One Year: 1 in 860
• Boxing: 1 in 2,200
• Choking on Food: 1 in 2,535
• Canoeing: 1 in 10,000
• Scuba Diving: 1 in 34,000
• Bee Stings: 1 in 59,507
• Killed by Dog: 1 in 86,781
• Being Put to Death As Punishment For a Crime: 1 in 119,012
• Riding in an Airplane: 1 in 188,364
• Skydiving: 1 in 256,410
• Bungee Jumping: 1 in 500,000
• Skiing: 1 in 1,400,000
• Shark Attack: 1 in 3,748,067
• Being Struck by Lightning: 1 in 12,333,333
• Being Vaccinated — While Not Suffering From Cancer or Congestive Heart Failure — and Dying of Covid-19: 1 in 15,705,882
• Playing Scrabble: 1 in 100,000,000

The Delta variant has everyone scared … more scared, I’d argue, that they should be. Just please get vaccinated. Or I will be forced to do another listicle.

Will Leitch writes multiple pieces a week for Medium. Make sure to follow him right here. He lives in Athens, Georgia, with his family and is the author of five books, including the novel How Lucky, now out from Harper Books. He also writes a free weekly newsletter that you might enjoy.