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RE: Rattlesnake Bites Becoming More Dangerous
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by tigers9 on May 18, 2008
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Since I live close to Arizona, I am in southern NV, I was very interested in this.
I contacted few expert people I respect, and here are few more ideas/scenarios/things to think about:
-we had very dry winters lately, so snakes might wake up more dehydrated and therefore venom is more concentrated
- more people are moving in, more chance of more people getting bitten, traffic is getting bad, so I takes longer from the time person gets bitten until the antivenom is delivered, so that means person is sicker by the time it gets antivenom than before when traffic was better and delivery faster.
-also when working with small numbers statistically, like one year 3 people might get bitten, next year 7, and next year 2, we shouldn’t make any major scientific conclusion, when working with small numbers, we need to consider bigger time frame than last 2-3 years.
-Legislators are thinking about closing Banner poison center , by making them important good guys in the eyes of public, their chances of staying open will increase (public relations, politics, rather than real evolution of venom...
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2008/04/18/20080418snakebites0418-CP.html
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The center's free hotline answers 110,000 questions every year, which Lovecchio said helps save $39 million in hospital and public expenses every year by advising only people with serious health problems to go to the emergency room. The center is partly funded by the state, though that could change if a budget proposal to consolidate it with a facility at the University of Arizona passes SNIP
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