Chapter 176
I prayed that there wasn't one, but the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant that was difficult for the vaccine to work appeared. From the history of the Spanish flu disappearing suddenly, there was a desire for the SARS-CoV-2 to be like that. However, everything is not so bad from another point of view. Although it was decided at COP26 in the UK to limit the temperature rise to 1.5 °C before the Industrial Revolution, it can be said that it is effective in reducing carbon dioxide emissions while the path to achieve it is not clear. In fact, our lifestyle has changed dramatically, with shopping online and meetings and lectures becoming Zoom. Last week, the infection had subsided, so I went on a business trip to Tokyo for the first time in this year and had a face-to-face meeting. The flight between Tokushima and Haneda is a short flight of just over an hour, but it's heartbreaking to see jet engines that exhausts a large amount of carbon dioxide-containing exhaust gas. Even though this is an airplane, space travel with a rocket is extremely inconsistent. Even with the trendy SDGs, employees in occupations that cannot be teleworked must bear a heavy burden on the company side, such as walking or biking from a rented company house near the company. In addition, the manufacturing industry must take responsibility for securing resources, minimizing energy consumption in all processes from transportation to finished products, and even disposing of products. And, the enormous cost of them is passed on to consumers, but if the environment-friendly EV is 1 million yen and the EV is 500,000 yen, will consumers accept the additional cost of 500,000 yen? In the end, the companies are aware of such a situation, so they are only pretending to be SDGs, which may increase the environmental load. It is necessary to think carefully about how to overcome the contradiction between corporate activities and the environment. We decided to close the showroom that opened in Shinjuku three years ago by the end of December. The reason was that in anticipation of the Tokyo Olympics, I expected to appeal UV-LED applied products to visitors from overseas, but even after the end of the emergency declaration, the customers did not return. In addition, there are circumstances in which domestic demand cannot be expected due to the decline in Japan's industrial and purchasing power due to aging. In the future, the business will not be possible in a market that will become a bum. Last year, I criticized the government's industrial policy quite severely, but I’ve stopped touching it. Since politicians and officials have their own circumstances, even if we impose them our private values, society will not work. However, in Japan, which aims to become an intellectual property nation, it was unusual for the micro UV-LED patent to be rejected twice and not passed even after the amendment. I don’t know why patents that can be granted without amendment in Europe, the United States, and Asian are not granted in our home country. Isn't the viewpoint of examination different? The failure is a shock, but since Japan, which is difficult to secure young workers, is not regarded as a manufacturing base or market, I try to pretend to be normal to think that there is no substantial loss.
Now, the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is a threat, but humankind has been fighting the virus with ultraviolet rays for more than a century. Conventionally, lamps containing mercury, which is an environmental pollutant, have been used as a light source for ultraviolet rays, but deep ultraviolet LEDs can be used efficiently. The fact that mercury is still being used, which was resolved by the United Nations Environmental Program “Minamata convention on Mercury” to be abolished by 2020, proves that the series of environmental activities is only the mouth, but it is scientific that deep UV LEDs can also exterminate the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. It is a fact based on scientific evidence.
Deep UV light has an inactivating effect against all viruses, including the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
Micro UV-LED patent certificates granted in the US, Europe and Taiwan
December 1st, 2021
Deep UV LED that can surely inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
