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          Is the Corona virus nature’s message that humanity


          needs to press the “re-set” button? Is there evidence


          that boosting immunity is the first line of defense?


          By: Dr. Peter Mokaya


                                                                                caused by humanities disconnection
                    he month of April is      Is the corona virus a message from   from other living things and na-
                    here and with it the     nature for humanity to slow down   ture:  Read more here: https://www.
                    Corona virus pandemic    and re-think his relationships with   fairplanet.org/developing-stories/
          Tis spreading fear and             other living things and the natural   saving-rhinoceros/the-anthropo-
          anxiety, globally: This is unprece-  environment?                     cene-age-of-genocide/
          dented; a pandemic of monumental   Is there evidence that humanity’s   Narrowing down to current agri-
          proportions unfolding right before   extractive model, which does not   cultural food systems, do we have
          our eyes.                          factor in co-existence with other   evidence that the current nutrition
                                             life forms, may have triggered the   and food systems are not only
          In recent months Covid 19 has      emergence of new infections?       unsustainable but also contributing
          forced us to pose and press the    It is becoming evident that it is not   to the emergence of new diseases,
          “re-set” button…to ask fundamental   only animal species, like the rhino,   including new viruses, like the coro-
          questions regarding how humanity   which is an endangered species,    na virus? Yes, we do!
          may have, inadvertently, caused    but perhaps humanity as well. The
          the emergence of new infections,   use of such terminology as the 6th   Here is what the UN Environmen-
          including the Corona virus.  Here   anthropocene aka  the 6th mass ex-  tal Chief observes: https://www.
          below, pertinent questions and     tinction to describe the impending   naturalnews.com/2020-03-26-coro-
          evidence based answers.            human extinction. This is largely   navirus-message-from-nature-says-

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