Nature journal: More People Die From Venomous Snakebites Each Year Than Have Ever Died from Ebola or any other neglected tropical disease

What a nonsensical headline about a serious subject! 

Nature journal even goes so far to call venomous snakebites a tropical disease. How curious/ridiculous is that!

Do you know how many people died from Ebola last year? 😊

The real problem is not so much dying from a venomous snake bite, but surviving with very serious disabilities.

"... Venomous snakes bite about 5,000 people a year in Colombia; between 20 and 40 of those bitten die from their injuries. And although Colombia has the ability to produce and distribute antivenom—the antidote for venomous snakebites—about 20 percent of the victims who need antivenom don’t receive it. Globally as many as 2.7 million people are envenomed by snakes every year. Of these, up to 400,000 are permanently disabled, and estimates suggest that 81,000 to 138,000 die. Venomous snakebites may receive less attention from health organizations than contagious viruses and bacterial infections, but their toxic effects make them one of the deadliest neglected tropical diseases. ..."

More People Die From Venomous Snakebites Each Year Than Have Ever Died from Ebola In low- and middle-income nations, snakebite envenoming is more deadly than almost any other neglected tropical disease.