Michael Coulthart, head of the PHAC’s Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease Surveillance System, who was involved in the early days of the investigation has said he believes something real is going on that cannot be explained by the alleged bias or personal agenda of one neurologist. “My strongest hypothesis is that there is some environmental exposure – or perhaps a combination of exposures – that is triggering and/or accelerating a variety of neurodegenerative syndromes,” he wrote in an October, 2023, e-mail to another PHAC employee. He added that this complex scenario allowed politicians “to conclude nothing coherent is going on.”
damn this shit is still unsolved? I remember it being covered alongside some other seemingly localized ailments during/as part of a spree of "is this the next global pandemic" type reporting
“It’s a matter of life and death, literally,” said Stacie Quigley Cormier, who penned the open letter signed by 48 patients and family members. “They can be saving lives potentially and so it is inexcusable that they’re not moving forward to find solutions.”
Neoliberalism is an uncaring god.
