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Second Canadian scientist alleges brain illness investigation was shut down (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A senior Canadian federal scientist has alleged that the government shut down an investigation into a mystery brain illness in New Brunswick that he believes may have affected 350 people.

He is the second federal scientist to accuse the government of deliberately halting the investigation and to say that the caseload is higher than the government has acknowledged.

Health officials in the eastern province first said in 2021 that 40 people were suffering from an unexplained neurological condition. A year later, a committee assembled by the province determined that the patients probably had been misdiagnosed and were suffering from other diseases.

In a leaked email seen by the Guardian, Prof Samuel Weiss, a neuroscientist working for the Canadian federal agency responsible for funding medical research, wrote that the government had deliberately curtailed the search for an explanation.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Sounds like long covid and a coverup.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's specifically affecting people in certain areas of NB. Far more likely the cause is tied back to Irving in some way.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, this.

Irving owns NB, and if they want to kill a story or stop the government from looking into something, they'll do it. I don't think people outside of the Maritimes understand how bought-and-paid-for the media, the government and most businesses are by Irving.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What is Irving?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They are one of the wealthiest Canadian families who own dozens of businesses in Canada and the US.

Some of the biggest issues with them are their vertical integration (ie: owning the refinery, gas stations, transportaion companies that deliver fuel and construction/engineering firms that maintain their infrastructure), provincial media ownership monopoly and political patronage.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Group_of_Companies

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Wow, that's really bad. I had no idea. Thank you for explaining

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I'm not doubting it, just seems timely and similar.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

My first thought was misfolded prions. Sounds like one possible avenue of the potential harmful "environmental exposure" the microbiologist (and CJD researcher) in the article was talking about.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

If they could have used covid to cover it up then they would have

Also it was first spotted in 2019, not 2021 like the article says

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

There is some question about the origin date for COVID 19, last I read. Some more traveled people suspect it's earlier, but I don't know.

One thing is that most long covid came from version 1.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

Yes it's long cocidninkybefeecting people in NB and effecting the brain.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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