„Die Antwort kann nicht nichts sein“: Der Kampf um Kanadas mysteriöse Gehirnkrankheit
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c623r47d67lo
„Die Antwort kann nicht nichts sein“: Der Kampf um Kanadas mysteriöse Gehirnkrankheit
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c623r47d67lo
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>Stacie Quigley-Cormier, whose stepdaughter Gabrielle was the youngest member of the cluster, said Marrero always spoke in a hushed tone.
>“The experience with Dr Marrero — and other patients talk about this too — is you make sure you start talking after the door is closed, and there’s a quiet tone to his voice, and you make sure you’re not talking in the hallways and things like that.“
>Marrero declined to discuss it. „Some patients actually thought that way. And I… We wondered… But I don’t want to comment.“
>In August 2022, Marrero was sacked from the Mind Clinic. „Despite our repeated attempts to inform you of our expectations and the deficiencies in your performance, you have not demonstrated a sustained ability to meet our expectations,“ wrote John Dornan, then-CEO of the health network. The 105 cluster patients each received their own letter, telling them they could stay at the clinic, with all the resources it had to offer, or strike out alone with Marrero.
Seems like doc went off the rails a bit.
In fact, it can be something other than the „mystery disease“. There are more traditional explanations, and those explanations do provide the answer. Obviously the patients don’t like it in many cases, and a single Dr. doesn’t agree. Groups of other experts, with no axe to grind, seem to make more sense.
It would appear likely that the single doctor who is a proponent of the theory is either a conman or mentally ill, using the specter of a mystery disease to get funds from the government to study it. The patients‘ symptoms are explainable by non-mysterious causes.
The response to this is, „it’s a conspiracy“ which, to be fair, does happen but is incredibly unlikely. A combination of desperation, legitimate symptoms, and an exploitative doctor is far, far more likely to be the case.
I agree with the title, though. The answer cannot be ’nothing‘. Either there’s a conspiracy or this doctor needs his license pulled yesterday.
The answer absolutely can be nothing.
It’s worth investigating to make sure it is nothing , but the medical field is not immune to quackery.
Putting my tinfoil hat on. I still believe there’s something going on with the UXOs from the old military range there:
[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/uxo/uxo-locations/practicing-uxo-safety-tracadie-range.html](https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/uxo/uxo-locations/practicing-uxo-safety-tracadie-range.html)
[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/tracadie-range-sub-surface-bombs-still-a-danger-audit-1.658103](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/tracadie-range-sub-surface-bombs-still-a-danger-audit-1.658103)
[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/residents-not-surprised-tracadie-range-is-unsafe-1.659699](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/residents-not-surprised-tracadie-range-is-unsafe-1.659699)
[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/tracadie-range-no-new-blueberry-development-1.7402785](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/tracadie-range-no-new-blueberry-development-1.7402785)
I’m pretty sure it’s not a battle. A disagreement perhaps…
This story is concerning because it really seems like this is all just one doctor who went totally off the rails, and regulators don’t seem inclined to make sure he’s acting appropriately.
Aerial application of herbicides. They’ve already figured it out.