August 2020 The flood of information regarding the virus situation continues non-stop, and it frequently becomes a struggle to step back from the day-to-day detail or to perceive the broader global picture. Additionally, because of the powerful censorship of all alternative or divergent information and the ongoing public relations exercise of the mainstream media, it is difficult to peer around behind. I frequently think back to the “early days” of this crisis that has consumed our attention since the beginning of 2020, and wonder how everything has gone so [...]
Editorial News from the Virus Quagmire Dear Readers, You can no longer avoid the topic; it controls the world. Every day in Africa countless children still starve, desperate refugees stand at the gates to Europe (strictly speaking, why is there no pandemic there?), but this is all nothing versus the Corona danger . . . because of fear of the spread of the virus the world has pressed STOP. The consequence of this is that Greta Thunberg has become jobless, because if it continues this way, we will have [...]
May 2020 Announcements and Updates 13 May 2020 Dear Colleagues and Friends, Looking back on these first eventful and traumatic months of 2020 has taught me to be careful what I wish for. I have carefully followed the recent changes to the global regulations and restrictions on natural and alternative methods, and have found my commentaries and editorials becoming more and more concerned. As this year began there were indications that the challenges around working with these methods were being reduced, as we saw various organizations move away from [...]
Considerations and Resolutions for New Global 2020 Medical Device Regulations One of my strongest interests this year, was to determine where the complementary “medical” device industry was headed. As you know from my articles following the 2018 Med-Week Congress the scuttlebutt was all centered around the looming restrictive regulation and certification procedures. The necessity to incorporate that bar code onto each device and related accessory (even cables) meant they would no longer be able to export any device into a country where the device was not registered with the [...]
14 August 2018 Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters of the former Occidental Institute, It has now been several weeks since the doors of Occidental Institute Research Foundation made that final closing “kathunk” and freed me from all its business and corporate obligations and responsibilities. Although they tell me I’m supposed to be “retired” I haven’t been idle. It does however take time and some thoughtful introspection to look at the future possibilities and consider how I will go forward into this next chapter of my life. During these weeks [...]