Eli5: Regarding electricity, is the dangerous part the current or the voltage?

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Lots of time I’ve heard about electricity things like: the one that kills you is the current, don’t worry about large voltages (tasers for example have thousand of voltage). But using Ohm’s Law, if the voltage is big, the current is big. Then why it’s said that about current?

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It’s both. A current as low as 10 milliamps can stop your heart. A car battery can provide over 600 amps to start a car. But with the resistance of dry dead skin 12 volts isn’t enough to push any substantial amount of current.

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