This appears to be something of a myth. While production of the North American Coral Snake Antivenin is low volume, because coral snake bites are rare, there are still hospitals that have a supply and can administer it https://www.medscape.com/answers/168828-39125/what-is-the-treatment-for-coral-snake-envenomation … https://twitter.com/INTPlefty/status/1365823515157553153 …
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Moreover, the tweet misses a crucial piece of context - no one has died from a coral snake bite in the United States since ~1960~
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This is largely because, unlike more dangerous snakes, coral snakes have tiny fangs that have trouble piercing human skin, according to Live Sciencehttps://www.livescience.com/43938-coral-snakes-colors-bites-farts-facts.html …
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Also, TIL while looking into coral snakes that they are one of the few animals that aggressively farts to warn off predatorspic.twitter.com/lteAEJSsbD
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If you do need some of the antivenin, it appears you can purchase it from Pfizer here: https://www.pfizerhospitalus.com/products/antivenin …
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