Investigation into Canada’s New Brunswick brain syndrome is being blocked by the province, whose claims that the syndrome is various existing diseases have been debunked by federal experts, who suggest that the provincial government controlled by its forestry industry is blocking the investigation to retain tourism and industry.
Yeah, prion diseases are truly the stuff of nightmares. No cure, can exist indefinitely in the soil, and they basically turn you into a zombie before you die a horribly painful death as your brain literally falls apart.
And there’s often no way to get a conclusive diagnosis until you’re dead. So you keep getting things thrown at the wall, keep hoping, and keep getting it dashed. It gets to the point where it’s obvious that’s what it is, but you’re generally quite advanced by then.