Quote Originally Posted by Gloryhound View Post
Again more of what you want to read instead of what he wrote. He states that they have identified a new virus. Can multiple viruses be present in the same animal? So you assume that since a new virus has been identified that it was the only one found?

With this Dr. Jacobsen not being forthcoming with information due to an issue dealing with personal gain I would have to count anything he puts out on this topic as suspect until all research information is brought to light! Also at the point were you give him the assumption that Jen has been selling sick snakes any real vet would be releasing information concerning this new Virus as part of their duty to preserve the life of future animals. I would be pretty irate if one of my snakes come down with the same thing and due to this doctor sitting on the information about this virus, no treatments have been developed.

Good job you just discredited your own source of information!

From his emails - remember I have two of them not just the one that was posted - it is clear that the non-cooperative on is not Dr. Jacobsen. That aside - when the leading specialist on OMPV says he can't find a trace of OMPV in her snakes I would tend to believe him. When he says it's a new virus that is still being researched I would tend to believe him. Jen was the one that said he was aware that these snakes were good to go out into the community - (see Deborah's post about all the communications) one would assume if he gave his ok for them to be released into the community - this would not have been news to him. I'd think you'd be more irate if you'd gotten one of those snakes from Jen and have it wipe out your collection.

We can play he said she said all day long - but - it is more than clear that Jen should not be releasing snakes into the community - if this stops her than all the better. If it wakes some people up to her true character - then all the better.