Best,
Paul

I was delighted when I first read this interview – Dr Ewald’s plain speaking and thinking is refreshing.
I have now quoted him briefly -and included a link to this site – in my new blog
http://coldtoesonchronicillness.blogspot.com/
The latest post is about infection and cancer.
Anyone is welcome to have a look – but especially those of us over the pond, where we chronically ill folk have to battle with the medical establishment AND the creaking NHS.
All the best to you Amy

I don’t know that Dr. Ewald has endorsed any therapy against chronic disease. If I had to guess though, I would bet he would be skeptical about Rife – just as we are:
http://mpkb.org/doku.php/home:othertreatments:rife

That said, we are moving ahead with multi-center clinical trial for the Marshall Protocol, a therapy which has had very positive results against chronic disease. Did you see our announcement?
http://bacteriality.com/2009/07/22/wch/

Best,
Paul

This is Amy. I write the articles for this site and interviewed Dr. Ewald. I’m very glad that you found his interview inspirational. It’s true – I believe you can reach your goal if you work with passion and integrity.

Good luck!

Amy

thanks always
sierra

It’s good to hear from you. I think I’m finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to my grad school applications. Next in line, I have to write two papers based on my Porto presentation. Hopefully then I can get back to Bacteriality.

I wish I had more time, because I’d love to read Dr. Ewald’s book as well. The question of why bacteria were essentially ignored, particularly during the decades you mentioned, is one I think about often.

I think there may have been a certain degree of denial among the mainstream medical community who wanted to think that the discovery of penicillin and other antibiotics had stopped bacteria in their tracks once and for all.

I chalk a lot of it up to the illusion of accomplishment. And then there was the shiny new toy, genetics, which led people on a different track of thinking entirely.

I still think that, in the future, people will look back into the science from a generation ago and ask why we didn’t capitalize upon the earlier research.

I might actually get the chance to meet Dr. Ewald next week, because he’s lecturing at Cornell, which is very near to where I live. I’ll let you know if he says anything of great interest.

Best,
Amy

Thanks to both you and Paul Ewald for the great interview and information. As a result I just finished his book: “Plague Time How Stealth Infections Cause Cancer, Heart Disease, and Other Deadly Ailments”, and can recommend it as five stars.

It adds more support to the idea that those of us who have been diagnosed with an idiopathic chronic disease can find a cure with the Marshall Protocol.

However, it leaves open the question as to why the medical community essentially ignored the possibility of infection as the cause for many chronic illnesses from the 1950’s through to the 1980’s. The groundwork for infectious causes was established and then it was just ignored. Over thirty years seems like an incredible lost opportunity!

I hope all is going well with your efforts toward grad school but want say your articles and interviews are greatly missed.

Gene

I’m glad you found the interview interesting. Unfortunately, I don’t have the detailed information you are requesting. I would suggest calling up the University of Louisville in order to find out how long Dr. Ewald has been on their staff.

As for his salary etc, that is private information that I certainly don’t have. How did he get into his field of science? In my opinion because he is an extremely bright thinker and an excellent scientist – one who is able to approach disease from a novel viewpoint. He was certainly aided by a PhD education.

Sorry I can’t be of more help,

Amy