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That gas agent (allegedly aerosolized fentanyl [1]) didn't actually work so great, and wound up killing people anyway, so might've had the same outcome, but wit

• yardie 10y ago
  It failed because they used an anesthetic and it will certainly kill you if you can't control the dose. In this case they had 1 target who they were carefully monitoring. Once it reached its effectiveness they could cut it off.
  • nradov 10y ago
    That's not how anesthetics work. It's impossible to deliver a controlled dose or measure effectiveness just by spraying some gas in a general direction. Ask an anesthesiologist.
    • hga 10y ago
      "Uh, mom?" Seriously, she was a nurse anesthetist who retired decades ago when she had me, and she's mentioned how it's a somewhat precision effort. They monitor the patient to see how it's effecting them, since we're all different.
      • nradov 10y ago
        Yes they monitor the patient in an operating room using multiple instruments. And the anesthetic is delivered in a precisely calibrated dose based on the patient's size using a mask or IV. Which is completely different from the actual situation in Dallas. Edit: sorry I didn't realize that the parent post was essentially agreeing.
        • hga 10y ago
          (Uh, I wasn't the one to suggest that, seeing as how I knew from my mother these details. Sorry for my lack of clarity.)
• dTal 10y ago
  That situation could have been handled better (from what I've read the deaths were all preventable by proper treatment), but even 16% lethality compares pretty favorably with the 100% lethality of a bomb.