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.
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.