Star Trek Next Gen used to regularly have problems where characters were being exposed to radiation due to a shield failure or something. And you'd have the computer saying things like, "Two minutes to lethal exposure."
At the thirty second mark, they'd get the shield back up, and everyone was perfectly fine. They've still been exposed to high doses of radiation! They're still going to get very sick and need treatment. And if someone was already sick or weak, then they'll probably die, because people have different tolerances.
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Date: 2009-04-30 06:45 am (UTC)At the thirty second mark, they'd get the shield back up, and everyone was perfectly fine. They've still been exposed to high doses of radiation! They're still going to get very sick and need treatment. And if someone was already sick or weak, then they'll probably die, because people have different tolerances.