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

[Jilly_in_VA]

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.”

At the same time, at least nine cases have been recorded in which two people in close contact – but without genetic links – have developed symptoms, suggesting that environmental factors may be involved.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/02/neurological-illness-affecting-young-adults-canada
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What is most troubling is that the provincial government appears to be attempting a coverup

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Sounds like an intestinal bug to me that is robbing them of nutrients

Something new and novel

[multigraincracker]

2. K&R

[Quakerfriend]

3. Sounds similar to Spongiform Encephalopathy

Years ago there was a cluster in NJ- many of those afflicted had eaten at the same
race track.

[viva la]

4. Mad cow, sounds like--

The rapid deterioration in young people.

Not that this is mad cow disease, but similar symptoms. And in a rural area, they could be eating game-- that was a cause of people getting mad cow disease.

[Aussie105]

5. Heavy metal poisoning?

Such poisoning in formative years can result in problems later in life, but a blood test would show that up.

I have some of those symptoms, insomnia, hallucinations, difficulty thinking and limited mobility, but I'm 72. So, normal, really.