Sure and appendectomies are very expensive. But why do you dismiss the OPs concern for the outrageous cost of anti-venom? Perhaps because the cost of something as rare, expensive to produce and perishable as anti-venom…
" From the link provided, only 5 people die." Only? Hospitals are increasingly not stocking anti-venom because it expires and it's expensive to replace. "For a more accurate comparison, you would compare this with the…
What does social construct even mean? I mean it appears everything outside of physics and chemistry is a social construct (in academia they argue those are SC too). Biological gender? Social construct! How is having…
The billing infrastructure is a huge source of cost that is often unmentioned. Getting anything done in the US is so damn hard and time consuming as a patient wrt to anywhere else I've lived (six counties) I have a game…
Lots of people get bit! 7000 to 8000 a year [1], more than handgun deaths. Death from the bites is rare thanks to, among other things, antivenom! [1] https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/
Sure and appendectomies are very expensive. But why do you dismiss the OPs concern for the outrageous cost of anti-venom? Perhaps because the cost of something as rare, expensive to produce and perishable as anti-venom…
" From the link provided, only 5 people die." Only? Hospitals are increasingly not stocking anti-venom because it expires and it's expensive to replace. "For a more accurate comparison, you would compare this with the…
What does social construct even mean? I mean it appears everything outside of physics and chemistry is a social construct (in academia they argue those are SC too). Biological gender? Social construct! How is having…
The billing infrastructure is a huge source of cost that is often unmentioned. Getting anything done in the US is so damn hard and time consuming as a patient wrt to anywhere else I've lived (six counties) I have a game…
Lots of people get bit! 7000 to 8000 a year [1], more than handgun deaths. Death from the bites is rare thanks to, among other things, antivenom! [1] https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/