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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

New Pill Could Save Lives After Venomous Snake Bite

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New Pill Could Save Lives After Venomous Snake Bite

By Lynn C. Allison | Wednesday, 27 December 2023 03:23 PM EST

The World Health Organization estimates that 138,000 people are killed by venomous snakes annually, and most of them die before they reach emergency medical care. But a new drug is being tested that could save lives.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the medication, Varespladib, blocks phospholipase-A2, a highly toxic protein that is present in 98% of all snake venoms. The protein is responsible for life-threatening tissue destruction, catastrophic bleeding, paralysis, and respiratory failure.

Currently the drug is in clinical trials conducted by Ophirex Inc., a public benefit corporation that was founded by Dr. Matthew Lewin, an internationally recognized expert in the practice of emergency medicine and wilderness medicine.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Varespladib a “fast track” designation to expedite the development and review of its safety and effectiveness last year. The Department of Defense has also invested $24 million into the effort, says the Times.

Experts say that the drug would be of great value where snake bites are more common and could be used to buy time before being able to get the hospital. But getting any new drug from the laboratory to the market is an expensive and intricate process that may take years to accomplish.

Ophirex is now completing a Phase II clinical trial in the United States and India to determine the tolerability and potential side effects of multi-dose regimens of the drug in 100 suspected or confirmed snakebite victims.

A federal analysis of the results is expected next year to determine whether Ophirex has created a successful treatment for snakebites that will have both military and global opportunities. The price for the proposed pill has not been established, but the company says they want to make the drug accessible around the world, and to make that a reality, they are exploring ways to reduce manufacturing costs.
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SOURCE: https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/snake-venom-varespladib/2023/12/27/id/1147395/
 
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