New coronavirus is transforming a variety of areas


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The growing interest in the new coronavirus, which is spreading around the world, is creating an unexpected 'transformation.' Azeem Azhar , founder and writer of the technology blog Exponential View , describes the changes that have taken place in six areas.

Six ways coronavirus will change our world-Exponential View
https://www.exponentialview.co/p/-six-ways-coronavirus-will-change

◆ 1: Global cooperation among scientists
Scientists from China as well as the world are working together to combat the new coronavirus. Starting with the announcement of the results of genome analysis by Fudan University Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and School of Public Health, Chinese research institutes have announced the results of genome analysis one after another. Leading scientific publishers, such as Elsevier , Wiley , and Springer Nature , publish free novel coronavirus-related articles.

In addition, some people have published more than 5,000 paid coronavirus-related paid articles online as 'moral obligations.' In addition, Tencent , Baidu (Baidu), National Supercomputing Center is to open your company's computer resources, the RNA prediction algorithm researchers in the world has released so as to be able to use.


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Azhar pointed out that most of the Ebola virus research was not available during the West African Ebola outbreak , and that the reading fee is still $ 45 per bottle, which is expensive for African healthcare workers. He said that this epidemic of coronavirus is moving in contrast.

◆ 2: Digital quarantine by social credit system
Chinese authorities are using digital surveillance equipment such as surveillance cameras to build a ' social credit system ' to track Wuhan residents.

New pneumonia, China tracks infected people with big data-WSJ
https://jp.wsj.com/articles/SB10735515013571504269104586183532900372712



Dev Lewis, who is familiar with the social credit system in China, has analyzed that the spread of the new coronavirus will stimulate discussions within the CCP about `` how to use the social credit system to control infectious diseases '' .

◆ 3: Evolution of genome research
During the SARS outbreak in China around 2003, a project to analyze the genome sequence of the SARS virus was completed in five months. Meanwhile, during the outbreak, the genome sequence of the new coronavirus was analyzed in just one month.

Scientific investment analytics firm Ark Invest reports that the cost of genomic sequence analysis drops at a much faster rate than Moore's Law . Looking at the graph below, the cost of human genome analysis was high at around 10 million dollars (about 1.1 billion yen) around 2009, but much cheaper at around 599 dollars (about 65,000 yen) around 2019 Is indicated.



Azhar believes that the demand for new coronaviruses will further refine the approach to genomic research.

◆ 4: Everything is “remote”
Since the new coronavirus has been confirmed to be

transmitted from 'human to human', the number of remote work and business modes in which people do not contact each other is increasing in China. At Tencent, all employees will work remotely until at least the end of February 2020. 58.com, China's largest private brokerage company and real estate sales company Anjuke, have begun offering `` VR previews '' and `` live streaming previews '' for a limited time without directly visiting the property, and Kentucky Fried Chicken And Pizza Hut have also started 'contactless delivery' in which they place their deliveries in designated locations. In addition, there is an online gym where you can train at home while receiving trainer classes with live streaming. In addition, some food delivery companies have shown their temperature at the time of delivery to customers in order to prove that they are not feverish.




Azhar commented that remote work culture is still uncommon in China, but this could lead to the establishment of remote work.

◆ 5: Demand for agriculture, industry, etc. in the home country increases rapidly, and “self-sufficiency” is encouraged.
Azhar points out that agriculture and industry are returning to Japan as the global distribution has been hit by the new coronavirus. Azhar points out that `` vertical agriculture '', which vertically piles up farmland in a factory, consumes less water than conventional agriculture, has a shorter transport distance, and does not require pesticides and herbicides. Shows that domestic production from vertical agriculture will increase.


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◆ 6: Human rights issues and its spread to Chinese domestic politics
Racial discrimination against Asian ethnic groups has become a problem as the new coronavirus is spreading around the world.

Spread of new corona infection “discrimination against Asian residents” | Nippon Television News24
http://www.news24.jp/articles/2020/02/05/10590395.html



Also, as of December 2019, it was found that police had stopped doctors trying to warn about the danger of the new coronavirus.

New virus warns Chinese doctors of trying to warn early-BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/japanese/51366940



Azhar pointed out that a series of problems are increasing distrust of the government in China, and that various political conflicts that previously existed in China are overheating.

'We are in a very interesting era now,' said Azhar, noting that various changes are underway.

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