[samuellevy]

How big of a problem are "snake bite victims"? I live in Australia, one of those countries that people would class as "dangerous" with regards to snakes, and... There's only been about 40 deaths in the past 20 years...

It's just a really strange thing to ping as a "big problem to solve", and such a bizarrely expensive solution to the problem, too. I think that a much better solution would be improving development and access to antivenin

[ferociouskite56]

"130,000 deaths and over 300,000 paralyzing injuries and amputations last year." https://www.dw.com/en/snakebites-kill-at-least-80000-people-...

Dangerous in terms of crime rate, false arrests that human pilots won't accept hazard pay for. Rural people have either no clinic or poorly trained nurse with limited supplies. Urgently going to nearest hospital, refrigerated pharmacy. Also other medical emergencies such as heart attack or moving into a city lacking roads.

I've been prescribed Xanax since 2004 and at worst used low dose 3 times a day when around negative strangers, the rest of the time none. Certainly alcohol's worse.

[defrost]

The 130K per annum figure is a global death count.

This is serious, other causes of death more so, e.g:

    The Global status report on road safety 2018, launched by WHO in December 2018, highlights that the number of annual road traffic deaths has reached 1.35 million. Road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years.

That's 10 motor vehicle deaths for every snake bite death.

It's certainly possible for both to be addressed and it's certain there are parts of the world with more snake caused deaths than road fatalities.