[meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:16:37 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <28501.18777.qm_at_web30704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Mathias,

I wasn't trying to make any political statement or otherwise. A List member
asked if it would be practical to carry anti-venom in the field and my response
is that it would be cost prohibitive. This is one of the first questions I
asked when I moved out here. I certainly would not want to be in a position to
make a choice of who lives or dies based on when/where they received a
snakebite. A human being is a human being but the hospitals around here seem
more concerned with keeping their doors open than keeping mass amounts of
anti-venom on hand. To carry some in the field simply isn't practical.

Best Regards,

Adam




----- Original Message ----
From: Matthias B?rmann <majbaermann at web.de>
To: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>; Adam
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, November 16, 2010 3:58:00 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

Aaaahh, those bloody non-insured illegal people. Always waiting in the desert to
get bitten exactly just before insured citizens. Only to cause them troubles.
Bah.

Holy nurse ...

Sorry,

best,

Matthias

----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake


> I was told by a local nurse that the average cost to treat a Mojave Green
snake
> bite is between $60,000.00 and $70,000.00. I asked why so expensive? She
> claimed that illegal aliens, working mostly out-of-doors with no insurance are
> mainly to blame. None have insurance and the anti-venom is difficult to keep
on
> hand. She claimed that many U.S. citizens with insurance have died because
>they
> could not get access to it in time, partly because it was used on somebody
else
> without insurance. This in part is why the treatment is so expensive. Only a
> few are able to afford it. You better make sure your health insurance covers
> such things.
>
> Be Careful and Happy Hunting,
>
> Adam
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Received on Tue 16 Nov 2010 07:16:37 PM PST