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Too many sci-fi movies make it seem like you've got minutes before catastrophic symptoms appear after being exposed, but what's the most realistic timeframe for an infection to cause a severe response?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FWIW such short timespan seems possible with venom.

Yes, venom came to mind, but I thought that might be cheating :)

It's pretty scary to see just how many things have the potential to give us a really bad day from just a small prick or touch or taste!

[โ€“] INeedMana 1 points 1 year ago

"How many" - yeah, probably

But statistically I think we should rather be worried about other things ;)