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UC Santa Cruz does Tesla coil demos with a person dressed in a Faraday cage, and IIRC they said that (like someone else commented) the skin effect due to the high frequency means you probably won't die from it going through your heart, but the fact that the current is limited to a very small depth into your skin means the current density actually is quite high and will likely cause damage.


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