speed putting governments on offense there are no killing whole populations to outsmart these prickly little competitor but looking at other ways to innovate our way out of the crisis. a survey by the consultancy mckinsey shows 90 percent of executives from all fields expect covert to change the way they do business but it's an opportunity few feel equipped to pursue the study also shows commitment to innovate fell last year except in the pharma and medical sector . is this simple lightbulb a weapon against the coronavirus. rosario valas think so together with other researchers the doctor invented this l.e.d. lamp its light has certain frequency characteristics which could destroy the coronavirus. this one bulb is similar to an ordinary one you screw it in switch it on and it works. in the light and then destroys all

microorganisms by destroying their structure that is the outer membrane and in the case of the corona virus probably also the protein spike the sting. is by this is already worked with bacteria and a series of experiments carried out by the researchers together with the italian military have now also shown that the special l.e.d. light destroys the corona virus and it's not harmful to humans either. for now we have to fine tune the whole experiment in some way because we must not forget that up to now we have done the whole thing and laboratory conditions which are different from the normal environment. the coronavirus pandemic in italy has also inspired other inventions for instance when ventilators became scarce and hospitals and doctors sounded the alarm these young researchers quickly developed a valve model and their start up company the valve can be produced with a 3 d.

printer and attached to a standard commercial sports snorkeling mask. the next day we took this to the hospital they tested the ventilator for half an hour then a doctor came and said they work we need $100.00 of them within the next 24 hours. another new invention is this anti kovac carpet it reduces the amount of bacteria and viruses carried into rooms from outside step on at once and your shoes are disinfected the carpet automatically releases disinfectant when it senses weight the inventors of the anti coronavirus lamp hope they too consumed implement their disinfectant and hospitals and schools. and let's talk to economists. from the swiss science and technology institute. a lot of the know how behind these sorts of inventions was around before the pandemic why were they already in

existence i mean they would have made our lives so much better and could have stopped more than just the corona virus also the common flu and many other things. that is true and that's a very good point you say that necessity is the mother if inventions are no reaction see the needs for these new technologies. and decide there is no one but instead of barriers willing to buy these products which did not exist before us certainly not to the same extent so we actually do is young person a vision because of the needs and markets. and then we seem to be outdoing ourselves on other levels when it comes to vaccines say develop directly just one we've got more than one. true. and we might be worried that we are wasting money on the $1.00 hand we are putting a lot of resources on developing facts and research there has been more than $200.00. and so as much as you know we

praise the winners and we might even complain that they may be making money we should not forget that a lot of actually losers and very long. invested. and just wasted. a lot of wasted competition in other words we could be working on other fronts not just vaccines but also treatments. yet more than that so of course we're putting a lot of money and brains intro comic relief. but we should not forget that the earth other problems that we need to tackle are and so we've been diverted a lot of research our way from from all of these other questions so as much as research is accelerating we might be worried that there is a slowing of research in these other. she's a science back to innovation what about the sharing of the knowledge of something like a vaccine as some of these companies are holding on tight to their pate and sunday

. true lots of knowledge has been shirt's scientists do talk to each other and we know a lot and you know we collect information from from various different countries and situations never the less the fact that firms wants to keep their ip rights for a lead it's just business as usual and i know that some some some some people in some countries complain about you know the strong enforcement of ip or vaccine research to be good but we should not forget that firms private firms emergency to card use those as boston on. government can actually save the patents parties ask for compressor licensing and stop producing the facts and themselves so based on that what would you say the role is that money does play in innovation in this case is that profits that's driving innovation these big divisional profi is simply driving. innovation. but

nevertheless many many many people in the in the pharmacist getting these 3 are not just much of it that my own you know these are people working on you know jury people to really care about getting out of the crisis and that or mississippi is the mother of invention that is you know very broad as well of course isn't it also in times of crisis and when there's a lack of funds that we become more innovative that is very much true and we have seen so pricing we lower costs you know that i do the early days of the underneath on respiratory devices and we're seeing very very creative solutions and also history suggests companies that invest in innovation through a crisis outperform is in the recovery. is that what we're going to see in this case do you think. most likely. a crisis is the group that is

a good soundtrack to invest in innovation but it's very short forms unfolding and he can afford to do so and we should not forget that research has been i mean you know issues research and innovation not an income in the can generally has been slowed down people have to stay at homes and might not have easy access with a laugh so it's extremely challenging to maintain a high that if you ration very despondent in particular and the big question will we innovate enough to prevent the next pandemic we don't be able to prevent the next and then but we can certainly mitigate its effects and the only way we can do so is by keeping investing in a strong science society we need a strong science because then we need to fund universities but not on the rest and need to have. an appropriate so think of that of the developers the pfizer bio into . one of the of the yes actually gets rich migrant right and so we need to

work on a strong science system and that goes as far as you need racial policies an indication for instance and it's on me with you know a high performing knowledge states that will be able to meet to get your sense of the next can. get us from the e.p.a. f.l. thank you very much for being on the show today. thank you and his our science correspondent eric williams with your questions on the corona virus. what lessons are we learning from covered 19 that might help us deal with the next pandemic this excellent question has way more answers than i can go into here but some lessons are obviously more importance than others at the top of the list i'd say is what we've learned about rapid response a sars cove to completely out ran our ability to get on top of it early because it could spread faster than we could react i don't want to go into why or

who supposedly did what wrong early on because because i think it makes no sense to play the blame game but it does make sense to look at how we can speed up international response to spillover events like the one that started this pandemic because if you can be certain of one thing it's that they're going to happen again in the future and that means in my opinion giving the w.h.o. or a successor organization the money and real backing it will need to recognize threats declare emergencies and react faster and more independently of the nations that make it up a 2nd important lesson that people have learned from this pandemic i hope is that human health doesn't exist in a vacuum that it's closely tied to the health of the environment we actually all

know that already things like air or and water pollution kill millions of us every year and and the repeated emergence of new diseases is directly tied to the fact that we know really can and do go to pretty much. every corner of the planet while destroying the habitats that act as buffer zones between us and pathogens that can jump the species barrier when that happens but science can help but it can't provide instant fixes and where science can really help most i think is not in the accelerated development of vaccines although believe me that's been really amazing to follow but instead through its potential to help us reach the longer term goals of greener more sustainable societies ones that recognize how dependent our own health is on the environmental road goes. on they forget

fine dining in the pandemic but that's not stopping stock shifts from outperforming themselves example receiving is the mesh last ah this week is a restaurant am has been serving up creations from a food truck all for take away as for cooking you can touch people something generally off balance in this crisis. thanks for watching thanks a friend see you again sir.

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