Special Episode 1 - COVID-19, GMOs, and Coffee 😊 an Ethiopian perspective

I reflect on current issues in Ethiopia, i.e. COVID-19, GMOs, and coffee, and their interconnectedness and where I fit in an a person. It is my hope that people appreciate our progress in technology including biotechnology and feel empathy for each other as we are in the same boat with COVID-19. If it wasn't for biotechnology, the backbone technology behind GMOs, it would have been next to impossible to have a scalable diagnostic test for COVID-19. We also wouldn't have a safe and mass production of insulin for management of diabetics. Last but not least, we won't be able to respond quickly to the challenge climate change presents to the viability of the coffee plant and the many organisms that may go extinct. I hope you enjoy it and would love to hear your bless you wishes as I had a good sneeze at the end of the show. Btw, it's not Coronavirus yet and thank you for listening!! Much love from Addis ❣️