(Central News Agency Ottawa Comprehensive Foreign Telegraph Report on the 3rd) The whistleblower warned that a progressive neurological disease has appeared in New Brunswick, Canada. Experts have been puzzled for more than two years, and it seems to be affecting more and more young people. The cognitive function of some patients deteriorated rapidly.
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An employee of the Vitalité Health Network, one of the two major health institutions in New Brunswick, told the Guardian that the number of suspected cases is increasing. Many patients are very young and have no previous health problems, but have experienced rapid weight loss, A series of symptoms such as insomnia, hallucinations, difficulty thinking and decreased mobility.
The official first announced the number of suspected cases in the early spring of last year. At that time, it said that 48 cases were under investigation. This number has not been changed so far. However, multiple sources pointed out that the number of suspected cases may have risen to as many as 150 cases, many of which are yet to be further evaluated.
The source stated that the deterioration of these cases was very rapid and worrying.
At the same time, at least 9 cases have been recorded and 2 people in close contact but not genetically related have developed symptoms, which shows that the disease may be related to environmental factors.
In one case, a man developed symptoms of dementia and ataxia, and his wife who cared for him suddenly started insomnia, and suffered from muscle atrophy, dementia, and hallucinations. Now she is in worse condition than her husband.
In another case, a woman in her 30s was unable to speak and had to feed through a feeding tube, drooling constantly. Her caregiver is a nursing student in her 20s who has recently started to experience cognitive decline.
The Vitalité employee requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly and was worried about the consequences of speaking. He said that the reason for coming forward is that the speed of the deterioration of these young people’s conditions is worrying.
The news of the strange illness was made public for the first time because the memo was exposed by the media last year. However, New Brunswick is expected to announce this month that these cases are only the result of misdiagnosis, and that they have mistakenly grouped unrelated diseases together.
Despite the striking details in these cases, New Brunswick tried to calm the fears. In October last year, officials claimed that the eight deaths were the result of misdiagnosis, stating that these people did not die from a common neurological disease, but from a disease that was known to be unrelated to each other.
Officials also stated that the epidemiological report shows that there is no evidence that the food, behavior or exposure environment of the patients can explain the cause of their illness.
However, experts familiar with these cases feel uneasy, mainly because the patients are very young, and neurological diseases rarely occur in young people. An expert thinks that the government’s so-called misdiagnosis is questionable.
Tim. Laurie, the father of Tim Beatty, died in 2019. He began to experience mental confusion around Christmas the year before, and his condition deteriorated rapidly.
Biti said that when he discovered that his father was one of the eight deceased who had been officially declared misdiagnosed, the whole family was stunned. His father was later pronounced dead of Alzheimer’s disease.
Bitty and his sister asked for an examination of his father’s body for neurotoxins, including β-methylamino L-alanine (BMAA), which is believed to be the culprit.
Studies have found high concentrations of BMAA in lobsters, and lobster catching is the main industry in many coastal areas of New Brunswick. The official’s apparent refusal to detect suspicious environmental factors has triggered speculation by the families of the deceased. The official’s efforts to exclude the masses of the people from suffering from strange diseases may be politically motivated.
According to documents obtained by the Guardian based on the Freedom of Information Regulations, Canadian public health agency experts believe that BMAA may be the source of the strange disease, but it needs to be inspected by the Province of New Brunswick. (Translator: Dai Yazhen/Verified Draft: Lin Zhiping) 1110103
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