[silverleaf]

Well professor, presuming victims were contaminated with sarin while clothed, how long would you wait before touching and removing their contaminated clothing?

PS: It wasn’t sarin or a whole bunch of first responders and doctors would be dead, based on those pictures of them walking around the scene barefoot or in sandals, handling and touching clothed victims

Has the world yet lost a White Helmet responding heroically to recover someone elses children (where were the mothers anyway?) from a CW attack with no protective gear except a bandanna?

The crisis actors should at least have been issued gloves to make it look a little bit realistic

[xone]

There is no time context, it is hot in Syria. windy etc. All or any of these mitigate. The casualties aren't 'soaked' with Sarin, if the mixing process is correct the objective is an aerosol, death by respiration. A drop on the skin can be fatal but it isn't as if victims need being wet to die.

Some other agents, blister for e.g. are used to where areas are soaked. In France during WWI blister agents occasionally ran like thickened water in the gutters.

I share your skepticism but the current die has been cast.