Joe Rogan Experience #2568 - Ross Edgley · Aired Oct 20, 2026
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The Russell's viper kills 60,000 people a year in India.
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What the evidence shows
The approximately 58,000 annual estimate concerns all snakebite deaths in India during 2000-2019, not Russell's vipers alone. Species proportions among identified bites are not species-specific national death counts. The brief line appears to be Jamie's lookup, followed by Joe naming the viper; the captions alone do not securely identify that first speaker.
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Is it true that the Russell's viper kills 60,000 people a year in India?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The approximately 58,000 annual estimate concerns all snakebite deaths in India during 2000-2019, not Russell's vipers alone. Species proportions among identified bites are not species-specific national death counts. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2568 - Ross Edgley, aired Oct 20, 2026, at 16:01. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is who.int, linked below.
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