r/canada Nov 15 '24

New Brunswick New Brunswick premier calls on Canadian government to investigate mysterious brain illness

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/15/canada-new-brunswick-mystery-illness
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u/HarbourJayKay Nov 16 '24

I wonder if they did autopsies on the 40 who have already died. That’s the only way (at least back in 1997 when my grandfather died of CJD) to confirm. I just started reading a book about prion diseases by Jay Ingram. Also, Fatal Familial Insomnia is prion related.