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There appears to be a prophylactic compound that can prevent the effects of VX: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butyrylcholinesterase#Prophylactic_countermeasure

• M_Grey 10y ago
  Yeah, the injectors you get for chemical weapons is either atropine, or a mix of atropine and just that. It can work, but it's not magic, and the dose you're exposed to matters. It's also very much the thing you do to stay alive until you can supportive medical care, not a cure or "vaccine". You also have quite limited time to use it on yourself before you're unable to move well enough to manage. That said, since Jong-Nam probably got a small dose, that might have saved him, but of course... who'd have had it? Who'd have known? In the military you're trained to recognize the symptoms of nerve agents, because you need to notice the very early ones to have a chance... most people don't get/need that training.