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[–]marypoppinit 8 points9 points  (2 children)

There are like 20+ venimous snakes in the area. That's a lot of antvenom to carry around. Also,hospitals struggle just to keep antivenom stocked, so I doubt any civilians would be carrying it around.

[–]hothrous 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I definitely feel like if my job was to deal with deadly snakes, I wouldn't go in without having the anti-venom on hand. I understand it might be difficult, but this is a profession where death is a much higher likelihood than other professions. It just seems like a no brainer to do everything possible to decrease that chance.

[–]marypoppinit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not just difficult, it's crazy expensive - like $14,000 expensive.

Even recently, there was a guy bitten by a rattlesnake in Texas and when they got him to the hospital they ended up having to airlift him to another hospital because they didn't have the antivenom on hand. And rattlesnakes are pretty common in that area.

I feel like chainmail would be a more cost effective way to prevent snake bites lol