Adam said something the other day about the number of cases of CJD have gone up from 9 to a terrifying 18. This figure is completely in line with the sort of rise in reported cases of any disease once the medical profession actually starts looking for it.
The new appearance of CJD in younger people is another one like this. Before the BSE scare, it was automatically assumed that no-one under 50 would have died from CJD, Therefore no-one ever looked to see if the corpse had been made corpselike by CJD. Recently people have checked for the symptoms in younger victims and...
Voila! - new variant CJD which attacks the young.
Impressive isn't it not.
The new appearance of CJD in younger people is another one like this. Before the BSE scare, it was automatically assumed that no-one under 50 would have died from CJD, Therefore no-one ever looked to see if the corpse had been made corpselike by CJD. Recently people have checked for the symptoms in younger victims and...
Voila! - new variant CJD which attacks the young.
Impressive isn't it not.