THE VIDEO SHELF · immune system
You Are Immune Against Every Disease
Kurzgesagt's animated explainer on the human immune system, describing the body as an ecosystem and how immune defenses cope with the variety of invaders. It promotes their book Immune.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN users call it a mind-blowing and good explainer on how the immune system works, and cite it in vaccine and disease threads.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
- Topic
- immune system
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I don't see many YouTube links posted here, but this Kurzgeasgt video blew my mind on this topic. Our immune system really is amazing. [VIDEO]
hallway_monitor on Hacker News · 2022-01
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Wowfunhappy on Hacker News · 2021-12
In BNT162b2 Vaccine Booster and Mortality Due to Covid-19
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