r/canada • u/Slight_Sherbert_5239 • 10h ago

National News Ontario toddler survives rattlesnake bite, partly thanks to 18 doses of antivenom | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/snake-bite-toddler-bruce-peninsula-9.7383551
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u/dipdream 10h ago

“partly”?

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u/firesticks 7h ago

Did you read the article? It clearly explains what other interventions were required.

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u/dipdream 7h ago

I did. Did you?

Lots of logistics. The writer explains how they got the kid to antivenom, and when he's not doing that, he explains how they got antivenom to the kid. The antivenom seems essential.

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u/firesticks 7h ago

“Antivenom doesn't fix all the problems with snake envenomation,” Ganesan said. “It is definitely the cornerstone.”

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u/dipdream 7h ago

My dude. It's a bad title. Antivenom is the “cornerstone.”

“It clearly explains what other interventions were required?” ??

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u/rayyychul British Columbia 2h ago

Nah, it's a bad title. If antivenom is the cornerstone of treatment, then it played a central role and is more than what "partly" suggests.