3 February 2022
Dozens of New Brunswick residents have been struck with mysterious symptoms that point to a degenerative brain disorder, and authorities still don’t have an explanation for the debilitating illness.
A report leaked in March 2021 noted a cluster of cases of what looked like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: spasms, memory loss, hallucinations, and severe weight loss as the condition keeps people from being active.
At the time, 48 cases had been identified, with symptoms starting between 2013 and 2020. However, a separate whistleblower from one of New Brunswick’s health authorities told the Guardian that the mysterious illness had affected close to 150 by January 2022, and that many of those who got sick were young, previously healthy adults.
An investigation into the cases, previously headed by Canadian federal scientists, has lagged since it fell on the province. Provincial officials have promised to publish another report about the cases soon, but the public as well as patients and families are still awaiting information, Leyland Cecco wrote for The Guardian.
But there’s still no report, and the case data on New Brunswick’s public health website hasn’t been updated since May 2021. People sickened with the illness don’t even know what to call it, as there’s no name or official diagnosis for the mysterious neurological disease.
Source BusinessInsider
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