Claim: No one has ever died of tetanus within minutes or hours.
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Verdict: the nhs says that symptoms of tetanus start after around 10 days on average, so it is unlikely that anyone has died within minutes or hours. but the virus is estimated to kill more than 200,000 people worldwide each year and is described as "always serious and often fatal".
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joe Gammie
Date published: 2023-04-04T00:00:00