The month of June 2021 is just about gone and with it the start of the “flu season” in this part of the world. COVID-19 pandemic “flu”, however, remains the persistent health and socio-economic challenge of our times...it seems the virus is ever mutating with more deadly variants, like the “delta variant”

From an epidemiological point of view, it is no surprise that as more people get vaccinated, the COVID-19 virus (genetically modified or not) is mutating...mutation is a natural survival mechanism. While the world focuses on deploying more vaccines as the only way to achieve “herd immunity”, this article focuses on the significant and yet neglected role of natural immunity (post-infection) to achieve “herd immunity” and proffer lasting antibody protection. This is happening all the time as only about 10% of those infected are aware that they have been infected. This is especially true in Africa where diagnostic testing is rarely done due to resource constraints. A healthy immune system response is the “unsung hero” of COVID-19 prevention and management.  This emphasizes the role of safe and healthy nutrition in strengthening the immune system against infections in general and COVID-19 in particular.

The month of April, 2021 is almost gone, but not without the shocking explosion of COVID-19 infections and severe COVID disease, in India, resulting in painful and needless deaths. This has left many people, especially those doctors who study diseases, their risk factors, distribution and determinants puzzled and scratching their heads: These doctors are also called epidemiologists. The author of this article is an epidemiologist, among others.

This month’s article seeks to highlight Vitamin D as part of the “problem” and also part of the “solution” to severe COVID-19 outcomes. This is therefore a follow up article to identifying the key modifiable risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease.

Is COVID-19 a genetically modified virus with the same destructive agenda as growing food using poisonous synthetic agrochemicals? What is the healthy and sustainable way forward?

It is the second last day of May, 2021 and COVID-19 is not showing any signs of fading away soon; It is not consistent with the normal curve of pandemic viruses. What is the nutritional way forward?

In this month’s blog article we document the challenges of defining the “problem” on the one hand and “nature aligned solutions” on the other, including celebrating the graduation of twenty four “Organic Champions” who just graduated as Rural Service Providers (RSP)