Whistleblower warns baffling illness affects growing number of young adults in Canadian province

[marmar]

(Guardian UK) A whistleblower in the Canadian province of New Brunswick has warned that a progressive neurological illness that has baffled experts for more than two years appears to be affecting a growing number of young people and causing swift cognitive decline among some of the afflicted.

Speaking to the Guardian, an employee with Vitalité Health Network, one of the province’s two health authorities, said that suspected cases are growing in number and that young adults with no prior health triggers are developing a catalog of troubling symptoms, including rapid weight loss, insomnia, hallucinations, difficulty thinking and limited mobility.

The official number of cases under investigation, 48, remains unchanged since it was first announced in early spring 2021. But multiple sources say the cluster could now be as many as 150 people, with a backlog of cases involving young people still requiring further assessment.

“I’m truly concerned about these cases because they seem to evolve so fast,” said the source. “I’m worried for them and we owe them some kind of explanation.” .............(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/02/neurological-illness-affecting-young-adults-canada

[hermetic]

1. I'm thinking CWD

It's going around right now. I'll bet folks around there eat a lot of deer and elk. It's related to Mad Cow so has likely mutated. This is one we really need to fear. I even suspect many in this country already have that prion in their brain. It would explain a lot.

[yonder]

3. +1. An uncontrolled prion disease outbreak in people would be the end of us.

[Laffy Kat]

4. A prion disease was the first thing I thought about, too.

I guess they could rule it in or out with a brain biopsy, couldn't they? This is truly scary.

[Sneederbunk]

2. I am wondering if climate change released

a dormant bacteria, virus, etc.

[leftstreet]

5. +1

I wonder the same thing. Like every article that talks about the melting of ice and permafrost, exposed land, etc. Then I think...what kind of stuff was under there that maybe shouldn't get out?