Some workers just wanted to let him go, as it meant they could finally continue working. Why were they worrying so much about a snake in the first place? It was just an animal. They wanted to keep doing their work, as they wanted to make sure they finished before the deadline. But there wasn’t much consensus around the whole group of workers.
Others took the doctor’s words to heart and knew that if they released the snake now, it would surely die. Fortunately for the snake and the doctor, this group was the overwhelming majority.