"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."

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      We're likely approaching a more S.T.A.L.K.E.R. future at the current trajectory.

      If someone has "KILL STRELOK" as a note on his phone thingy, be sure to wish him well.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I did this for a while earlier in the panini and I'm going to do it again as soon as I get home from the holidays and have access to my respirator again.

      Ugh. I'm going to have to shave to get a good fit. I look ridiculous without a beard.

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        3 years ago

        It's cyberpunk dystopia, tattoo a cool art beard on for when you're clean shaven

    • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Seafood is also a good chunk of their economy so that'd be another reason to keep it on the DL.

      Once again economy over people, but I sorta kind of get it because once news drops that it's the suspect it'll be a loooooong time to quash that rumor if it didn't turn out to be true.

      But with that many cases already fuck all that

    • Gucci_Minh [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I bet the Irvings have something to do with it since it's NB. They own everything there, including the premier.

  • Abraxiel
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    3 years ago

    Please don't be a prion disease, please don't be a prion disease, please don't be a prion disease.

  • Kaputnik [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I keep hearing about this and then some article will be published saying it's just drinking water and it's actually all okay. This has been going on for 2 years back and forth of people publishing new cases and then others try to shut them down

    • buh [any]
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      3 years ago

      new flint, michigan dropped

  • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    In what ways can a prion disease spread aside from something like eating the flesh or shit of something infected? I prefer to just not think about prions tbh.

  • Dimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Right now we don’t have a way to interpret simple data that you might get when testing a person’s brain tissue for a particular toxin. For example, how much are ‘elevated’ levels of a neurotoxin compared to the rest of the public? And when does that become a cause for concern?”

    Damn it's actually really impressive that nobody in New Brunswick has died besides these people.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      If you live in New Brunswick there's no sense in dying cause you're already dead inside

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    gosh I can't wait until this gets linked to externalities from a profit stream and then promptly ignored by for-profit media!