I was surprised at how conservative (backward) the student theater scene is, although I thought media mixes were commonplace nowadays.

Today is my senior daughter's graduation ceremony, but parents were not allowed in the hall, so we took pictures at a nearby park.

The junior daughter took 251 photos of the senior daughter dressed in hakama and her family dressed as of now.

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When I wandered around mainland China for 20 days 30 years ago, I took 6 rolls of film with a total of 96 photos.

The number of picture during the 15 days I was traveling between Nepal and India was almost the same.

In less than an hour, my junior daughter took more photos than I did in 35 days (about 200).

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In order to prevent the film from being sensitized by x-ray rays at airport security checks, these films were packed in leaded bags and transported.

In China at that time, I was very careful about where I took photos (near military facilities, etc.) (although this may still be the case).

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Nowadays, it seems to be a difficult task to choose the "best shot" to keep in hand from the huge number of photos (especially for my wife).

I watched the BS World Documentary "Hitler's Children".

In a word, it is a "plan to mass-produce children of a specific race (Aryan race).

This is one of the plans (implemented at the same time as the plan for the extermination of certain ethnic groups) based on the dictator's idea of the "Thousand Year Kingdom of the Third Reich.

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A long time ago, I drew an illustration like this one, and in that program, I really saw an image that looked exactly like this illustration, which made me feel mildly nauseous.

Of course, back in 1940, there were no "test tube babies" or "cloning" technology.

Therefore, "Ravensborn" (fountain of life) were established in Germany and France to "produce" children, where reproduction took place between living men and women.

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In Japan, the number of births before and during the war is also high.

This was due to the high risk of mortality in terms of sanitation, social infrastructure, and medical technology, as well as the fact that childbirth was encouraged by national policy to "give birth and reproduce" from the perspective of a "wealthy nation with a strong military.

"Have an average of five or more children" (the "average" part is amazing)

"Is this a pipe dream?" of today, was incorporated as a policy, and the Japanese people, who were disciplined, had accomplished this.

And the government at that time imposed preferential treatment for families with many children, and cold treatment for families with no children and single people.

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To be honest, I like neither "Ravensborn" (the fountain of life) nor "Give birth, breed.

I don't want to see a society that mass-produces children under the pressure of state power.

I would rather continue to watch the nation decay with declining birthrates and aging population at the free will of individuals.

It's not that difficult to create a callback. As long as it's in the same language.

But you know, I can't find a way to make trigger events common between GO and C++ -- I've been looking all over the world today -- and I can't find it.

So, why don't I just use UDP or TCP to listen in? Yeah, well, I understand that. I've actually made a library for it.

But I know, if I do a UDP connection with 10,000 active objects at the same time, I'll run out of socket resources in an instant. In fact, I had a program go down last month because of this.

So, the best way to do this is to use the GO channel, but there is no way to link this to C++.

It would be nice to be able to run a GO program with a C++ library linked to the GO library, but yesterday's prototype failed at every step.

Of course, I will use "polling" methods. One second of sampling won't be much of a load.

But that's not 'cool', is it?

No one but me can know how to implement the calls in the program -- but 'I' am not convinced.

This is important.

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So yesterday, from morning till late at night, I kept trying to figure out how to make this work, and I failed.

I have a draft paper I need to finish today, so I will stop thinking about this issue for now.

It's been a year since I received that shocking email from my "Dr. Shibata of the Run-Over".

I was eating lunch at the lodge of a ski resort for a one-day solo skiing trip when I read that e-mail.

I was so engrossed in reading that I didn't even notice that I dropped a side dish from my spoon.

For me, that e-mail was the turning point in my involvement with the "new Corona".

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I feel like I'm being overwhelmed by the daily news, and the whole picture is getting blurry. So, here is a monthly summary of the major developments related to the new Corona.

2019/12 Outbreak of pneumonia patients with unknown cause in Wuhan, China

2020/01

2020/02 Diamond Princess incident, request to close elementary, junior high and high schools

2020/03 WHO Pandemic Declaration, Mask Riots

2020/04 Emergency Declaration Order

2020/05 Emergency declaration extended→released

2020/06 Request for voluntary restraint on movement lifted, over 100 newly infected (Japan (not only Tokyo))

2020/07 "Go To Travel" campaign started, more than 1,000 newly infected people (domestic (not only Tokyo))

2020/08

2020/09

2020/10 "Go To Travel" Tokyo added.

2020/11 "Go To" Sapporo and Osaka suspended; Tokyo Metropolitan Government resumes request for shorter hours at restaurants.

2020/12 Healthcare system strained, Pfizer vaccine application filed, mutant strain found in Japan

2021/01 Recurrence of emergency declaration, complete suspension of "Go To Travel".

2021/02 Emergency declaration extended, vaccination started

2021/03 Emergency declaration lifted

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Looking at it this way, we can see that there was no significant movement in January and August-September of 2020.

And it is clear that the "carelessness" of January is being paid for in April and May, and the "loose estimates" of August and September are being paid for in November and December.

However, the government's response is generally reasonable from my point of view as a system engineer.

Preventing the annihilation of a system while switching it on and off is the basis of control systems, from home air conditioners to industrial robots to traffic control systems.

And a nation is a huge system made up of system elements called "citizens".

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The maximum number of people vaccinated (1st dose) from Feb. 17 to today is 70,000/day.

Assuming that this number can be increased to "triple" (200,000 people per day), the number of days required to complete the first round of vaccination for 126 million people would be 630 days, 21 months, or 1 year and 9 months.

Incidentally, the government seems to be estimating a six-fold increase. This is because "the vaccination of 36 million elderly people will be completed in 2 months and 3 weeks", which means 3600/83 days = 433,000 people.

In the U.S., it seems to be 2 million people/day, so the pace may be even higher.

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It may be possible to vaccinate the entire population (only those who wish to be vaccinated) with the first vaccine before the end of the year, but--

The only thing we can be sure of is that we won't make it to the Tokyo Olympics.

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When and where will the rebound from the "off" of the emergency declaration come?

No one can know this much.

(Continuation from yesterday)

Well, I would like to take this opportunity to summarize the people who came to "break" my heart -- before I forget.

Tokyo High Public Prosecutor's Office Chief Prosecutor Hiromu Kurokawa → Gambled against requests to refrain from going out and avoid "three secrets".

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga → While requesting to limit the number of diners to four or more, he held a dinner with eight people.

Toshihiro Nikai, Secretary General of the LDP → Same as above

Minister of State for the Olympic Games Seiko Hashimoto → Dinner with six people

Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), holds a fugu dinner for a large group of people.

Takumoto Yamazaki, Vice President of the LDP → Same as above

Kiyohiko Toyama, a member of the House of Representatives from the New Komeito Party, stayed at a club in Ginza, Tokyo until midnight on January 22, 2021, under a declared state of emergency.

Jun Matsumoto, former National Public Safety Commissioner of the Liberal Democratic Party, visited a club in Ginza late at night.

Director of the House of Representatives Steering Committee, Takashi Otsuka of the Liberal Democratic Party → He was visiting a club in Ginza late at night.

Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Taido Tanose of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) → visited a club in Ginza late at night.

I did a little research and found a lot more.

Kamon Iizumi, Governor of Tokushima Prefecture → Dinner with 46 members of the prefectural assembly

The LDP members of the Saitama Prefectural Assembly → About 30 members of the LDP members of the Saitama Prefectural Assembly were launched at a hotel in Saitama City on the night of December 18.

Fourteen city councilors belonging to the "Citizen's Club," a faction of the LDP in Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture → On December 18, they invited three female companions to a large banquet at an inn run by the city councilor, calling it the launch of the December assembly.

I'm going to stop now because it's getting tedious, but the bottom line is that these people are also "badasses" who are afraid of being the only one absent.

Let me explain it a little more carefully.

"If you're the only one who's absent because of Corona, you're afraid of being treated like a slacker, so you attend.

like this one.

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I was quite worried that the chief prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, Hiromu Kurokawa, would commit suicide out of remorse and self-punishment, regardless of the criticism from the public.

The Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office is an organization of justice that exposes the darkness of state power, and the chief prosecutor is the head of the organization of justice, directing and supervising the staff of the District Public Prosecutors Office and the District Public Prosecutors Office.

After all, what my generation remembers is the Lockheed case.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Department, under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, was our hero.

For a person in this position to play "betting mah-jongg in the Corona vortex" should be a disgrace to the faceless public, to the organization and to one's own subordinates, regardless of what the law says (right?). It's a shame that you can't face the organization or your subordinates.

And many Japanese have tried to apologize to their organizations and families for such "shame" by committing suicide.

So I was really worried about it.

That's why I didn't mention any of this -- apparently, my fears were unfounded.

I was relieved.

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Now I wonder if it would have been better to write something anachronistic like, "Cut your belly open and show your apologies to the people.

Today, new my column is released, so I take a day off.

Let's turn the world by "Number"(66) : Extra edition

The 7 True Stories the Doctor Wants to Tell You Before You Get the Corona Vaccine

and

Let's turn the world by "Number"(67) : Extra edition

Appendix: The 9 supplementary points that the doctor wants to tell you more about

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This time, it is in two pieces.

While I was exchanging manuscripts with Dr. Shibata, I was looking at the vastly expanding manuscript in a daze, like a snowball rolling down from the top of a snow mountain.

I thought, "This is getting out of hand," so I was going to put the appendix on my website and link to it from the text.

"Don't worry. everything will be published in EE Times Japan!"

Ms. M, who is in charge of the project, showed us her chivalry at the very last moment.

When I read Ms. M's e-mail, I brought both fists to my mouth and almost shouted, "Generous!"

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I think it is fair to say that this "Shibata Report (latter half)" is "the most detailed column on the new coronavirus in Japan" at present, excluding medical technical books and papers.

"But, Ms. M. you may not be able to expect PV (page views) with such a huge and advanced content"

In response to my concern, Ms. M said

"Please don't worry about the PV. We believe that the social significance of publishing Dr. Shibata's content is greater than the PV"

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Editors of lousy sites trying to use catchy titles to generate PV with poor content!

Watch out!

The spirit of Ms. M and the EE Times Japan editorial staff, who have such high aspirations, should make you bow down!

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In fact, I guess I am "blessed".

Being in a position where I can act as a gateway between contributors who can provide front-line, real-time information with easy-to-understand content, and editors who take pride in their social responsibility.

For that, I am truly grateful from the bottom of my heart.

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Oh, I also thank to my wonderful "rude junior colleague" who reviews my columns from unexpected perspectives.

I just remembered that I was scolded for forgetting to give an acknowledgement before.

Our senior daughter is now locked onto "Evangelion".

She seems to have started with a movie that is currently being shown.

It may not be "Her father's bloodline that got me into anime after the last episode", but it's good to get into it this way.

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As I have mentioned, I am one of those people who could never get into "Evangelion".

If you ask me who is more unhappy, those who can't get into it or those who can't get into it, it goes without saying that it is the latter.

So I was thinking that from now on, I might be able to have a "commentator" in the family, so that I can be interested in it, and so on.

I found the article astonishing.

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This time, I'd like to introduce you to the science fiction movie "Sayonara Jupiter," released in 1984 (Showa 59), which suddenly drew attention when the movie's insert song "VOYAGER - Tombstone without a Date" sung by Eumin was used in "Shin Evangelion the Movie," which is currently being released to rave reviews.

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What the...?

You said "VOYAGER - Tombstone Without a Date" didn't you?

"Novel Goodbye Jupiter", the best science fiction about an engineer in the 22nd century

The movie "Goodbye Jupiter" ruined the original story.

The song "VOYAGER - Tombstone without a Date" was created in the movie and is used in Shin Evangelion the Movie.

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Anything related to "Goodbye Jupiter" is my field.

Something has now started to move in me, which had stopped with the 1995 terrestrial "Operation Yakima" and the "MAGI system takeover".

It seems that the administration interface of the provider of my kobore.net site has been renewed.

So I took a look at the access status of the kobore.net site, and was surprised.

The first step is to access the site.

Only about 4% of the total number of accesses were from the top page of kobore.net. This means that the daily access count should be about 25 times higher than the actual access counter.

The 34% of direct access to the blog was expected, but what surprised me was that "5%" of the access was to the English version of the blog.

I've been updating the English version of the site out of sheer inertia, thinking that no one would be reading it, but this was a number that I couldn't ignore.

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So, let's see where they're coming from.

As far as I can tell, from the top, it's Japan, Germany, Europe (a category), Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, and the United States.

This is not a reliable ranking, as 67% of the total number of access locations are unknown, however, what can I say -- I was thinking about the Axis Powers (without Italy, though) 80 years ago.

Indeed, for me, the most compatible foreigner I have ever worked with has been a German.

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Well, so far, so good.

What I don't agree with is "What keywords did you use to reach kobore.net?

What do you mean, "how to make a bomb"?

"Well, I know ... It's this page."

My blog is one of the first to be searched for by terrorists or potential terrorists -- I don't get it.

Well, actually, there was a time when it was designated as a "harmful site".

I believe that people are probably only judging the title and not reading the content.

I don't remember if I was in elementary school or junior high school, but I once accidentally boarded a bullet train and was transported to Tokyo.

A friend who was with me at the time called my parents to inform them of the sequence of events.

When my mother received the phone call, she said to my friend, "I'm sorry.

"He'll come back, no matter what"

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I don't know whether to call this "total trust" or "total abandonment.

I don't believe that there was no love, even for me.

The torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics has begun.

Some people say that the decision to hold the Olympics in the midst of the Corona disaster is the same as the Japanese government's decision in the past to enter the Pacific War.

However, with regard to the Pacific War, there is a strong aspect of public opinion that "led to the war.

Therefore, I feel uncomfortable with this logic.

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"Considering all the hard work these athletes have put in, the Olympics should be held."

However, I personally do not share this view.

If my daughter is an Olympic athlete, I might go so far as to appeal directly to the IOC commissioners (or even kidnap, imprison, or blackmail her).

However, I do not know any athletes who would compete in the Olympics.

And I'm not the kind of person who is capable of sympathizing with a stranger's situation.

For me, the details of my job for the next term, my second daughter's tuition, the repayment of my loan, and the results of my physical examination are much more serious issues.

I am so uncoordinated naturally, so I'm not interested in sports in general -- I even have an aversion (for irrational reasons) to certain sports.

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In conclusion, I support the holding of the Olympic Games for one reason only: I would like to "see" the Olympics held in this situation (corona disaster).

I think it is unimaginably difficult to organize this Olympics.

Even though I can't empathize with the athletes, I can offer my heartfelt sympathy, support, and cheers to the people in charge of organizing the event.

And regardless of its success or failure, I believe that this Olympics will become a new Olympic model, the "Tokyo Model".

I don't think it's a problem if the Olympics are smaller than Japan's national games, or if they are held on a smaller scale, or if there are no spectators, or if the number of participating countries is in the single digits.

In the future, I would like to see the competitions held in different countries using a real-time network, so that competitions that require individual or team competition can be cancelled.

I'm not saying that we should go back to the ancient Olympics and make it "one event," but frankly, I think we should be prepared to go that far.

Well, I know it's not that easy to talk about this event since there are various commercial interests involved.

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In the first place, I believe that global pandemics similar to this Corona will occur again and again in the future.

Now that I've studied the mutant virus, I have a feeling that 'that's exactly what's going to happen every four years or so.

If so, then the "Tokyo Model" should be a great use case for the Olympics and other major events in the future -- regardless of their success or failure.

If the Olympics are forced to go ahead, 10,000 people a day will be infected, which will not only cause a collapse of medical care, but also an exodus from the medical field, and many people who do not need to die may die.

Some of them may be me and my family.

As a result, I may regret re-reading the contents of this diary.

But -- or maybe not.

After all, we can't know until we try.

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Then I'll prioritize my current feeling of "I want to see it".

Success is not the only "achievement" -- I know that very well.

As for my "abject indifference" to clothing, my wife seemed to have given up on that after two years of marriage.

My wife may see me as being in the same category as the men talked about in "Otaku" & "Akihabara", but this is actually not correct either.

I think they have their own particular way of dressing like that. They are wearing such (what?) clothing because they are particular about it -- maybe.

However, I have my own particular way of thinking about clothes.

It is not "design" but "function.

Specifically, (1) cost, (2) durability, (3) comfort, and (4) reusability.

Cheap, Wearable for a long time, not easily frayed or torn, not constrict the body, not feel uncomfortable, keep to range of motion of the body, not uncomfortable when trying to fit any kind of clothing.

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I buy a lot of my clothes from Amazon.com, especially jeans, which I order 100% from Amazon.com (it means "from China").

However, I have to "hem" the jeans myself after it arrive.

I don't have any hand-sewing skills, nor do I know how to operate a sewing machine (we don't have one in the first place).

So, I have been relying on "hemming tape", but this also peels off as time goes by. It doesn't last more than a year.

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To begin with, it is when I put on your jeans that I notice that the hem is falling apart.

I get dressed five minutes before I go out, so by the time I notice the hem crumbling, it's too late.

However, rethinking what to wear is a "hassle" or honestly a "pain" for me.

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Therefore, I recommend "wood glue".

(As I have already mentioned several times, I am also trying to restore dishes with wood glue.)

I apply wood glue to the fallen hem, and temporarily fix it with staples.

Then I go out -- an hour after I leave the house, it will stick and it's enough to remove the staple needle by hand.

For example, I remove a stapler from a station bench.

The bond is applied to the inside of the jeans, so there are no appearance issues.

(If I have to apply it on the outside, I can paint over it with an oil-based magic marker of the same color as your clothes. It is so-so)

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I've already reported on my use of wood glue.

Recently I am trying it for

- Jacket with holes in the pockets

- Windbreaker with torn back

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My family calls this kind of behavior of mine "poor-looking" which is a misnomer in two ways.

First of all, our family has always been tight on money. So This is not "poor-looking" but "poor"

Secondly, how do I consider it easy to dispose of an item just because a part of it (hem, hole, etc.) is missing?

I wonder if there is any love in your mind"

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I am an engineer who builds home security systems with parts I pick up at junk shops in Akihabara.

I am not convinced that parts that is still functional enough to be used them not fulfilling their purpose.

As a matter of fact, I am a truly "heartfelt" person.

I'm a misanthrope, though.

If only the "Emperor and Expulsion of the Barbarians" had been accomplished, Japan could have avoided the Pacific War, the bursting of the bubble economy, the Fukushima nuclear accident, and the corona disaster, and maintained a peaceful state with an annual GDP growth rate of 0.01%.

Having come to this conclusion, the Japanese government began to implement a plan to send anti-Android weapons to the end of the Edo period, 170 years ago, for the purpose of defeating foreign enemies ---- In order to achieve Japan's "1,000-year isolation.

I've never heard of this movie idea.

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We can watch movies about androids being sent from the future to the present for the purpose of falsifying history, but we cannot accept androids being sent from the present to the past.

Our perspective is always based on the world we live in at the moment.

We are "bothered" by the idea of our world being different from the present.

Even though the present is built on an unhappy past -- we don't have the energy to falsify the past to create a "different world" from the present.

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For example, the Pacific War killed more than 3 million people in our country and almost destroyed the Japanese system.

However, I have not seen any novel, simulation, or movie that shows what Japan would have been like today if the Pacific War had been avoided.

Even though the present is built on an unhappy past -- we don't have the energy to falsify the past to create a "different world" from the present.

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For the sake of the children of the future, barbarian extermination was discussed, the Pacific War was started, the abnormal increase in the value of real estate was created, research and development of nuclear energy was carried out, and now people are refraining from going out.

But what will the "children of the future" think?

Do we, the "children of the future" from the perspective of the people of the past, think that the decisions of the "adults of the past" were "well done! Do we, the "children of the future" from the perspective of the past, think, "Well done! Or do we think, "They did something we didn't want?

We, the "children of the future," honestly "don't give a damn.

We don't have time to admire or hate the past.

We are so busy living in the present that we don't have time or ideas to think about such things.

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That's why I feel very uncomfortable when I see people who abuse the phrase "for the sake of future generations" -- for example, cult leaders, opposition party members who ask questions in the Diet, and old men in neighborhood associations.

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The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) announced on March 30 that the director of the Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly, who hosted the dinner, will be transferred to the Minister's Secretariat on the same day.

This is a de facto ouster. Health and Welfare Minister Norihisa Tamura will also take responsibility for the management and voluntarily return two months of his salary.

(Incidentally, the number of new cases of new corona infection in Japan today exceeded 2,000.)

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"I'm so, so tired"

In other words, I finally understood, "That's what it means.

If our command center doesn't follow the rules, we who fight on the field are not obligated to follow the command center.

I'm sure that I look like a foolish and ignorant people who only listen to what the "boss" tells them.

Laugh at me.

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I think you can all behave as you like.

The cherry blossoms are now at their best in the Kanto region.

The cherry blossoms might be beautiful at night.

"What? There's no way there's any danger, since it's being done by an employee of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

I will no longer do anything for any other purpose than to protect myself (avoid pain and death from infection to illness).

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Well, if the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) would respond to the following, I might be able to regain some motivation.

- Disclosure of the names of all 23 staff members concerned.

- Posting on the Web of the staff member's impressions of the case (reflections, objections, anger, whatever).

There is no need for "ouster" or "pay cut". I'm not interested, and frankly I don't care, about that.

It is enough that they disclose their names.

I would like to come back later for an interview.

I know that the vaccine made by AstraZeneca uses chimpanzee cold virus.

However, I did not know that pig-derived ingredients were used in that vaccine.

(I don't know if this is true or not, but I'm going to assume it is true)

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But from a Muslim point of view, I think it's a big problem.

In fact, there seems to be a "halal controversy" in Indonesia.

The "pig adenovirus (if it is the same as the chimpanzee derived adenovirus)" here is just a "container" that carries the spike protein part of COVID-19.

If you ask me whether it can be discussed in the same as "pig-eating," I think scientifically I can say no.

However, to equate science with religion is basically a tirade that undermines human culture, history, and above all, the nature of faith.

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I took this opportunity to look into the reasons why Islam forbids "pig-eating".

There are various arguments, but I couldn't find one that explained it logically.

To put it bluntly, it seems to come down to "the Koran forbids eating pork" and therefore "not eating pork".

Well, I think that is tautology.

I also feel that this is a strategic point of view for Islam to differentiate itself from other religions.

(This is my own personal opinion, however) all religions are the same in that they are "after-death threat systems".

Therefore, the "no pork" policy is an easy differentiation point to understand.

Regardless of the controversy over whether AstroZeneca's vaccine is halal or not, The religion that has been advocating the "ban on eating pork" for some 1,400 years, since the early 7th century,

"will get the pig adenovirus to save their life"

I'm sure it would be very unpleasant for them to see that picture.

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I'm not interested in this "halal" debate even 1mm, but when it's my turn to be vaccinated, I'd like to request Pfizer's vaccine instead of Altrazeneca's (of course, we don't have a choice).

Just the thought of putting a computer-designed mRAN vaccine into your body is enough to make you swoon.

After all, I'm an IT engineer.

This was a conversation we had at home during a meal before my father's last hospitalization.

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"Tomoichi, what do you mean 'dynamic'?"

"It's a moving, unstoppable state.

(2 minutes later)

"Tomoichi, what do you mean 'dynamic'?"

"Sometimes it's used as an adjective, like powerful or dynamic.

(2 minutes later)

"Tomoichi, what do you mean 'dynamic'?"

"It's a word that describes a person's personality: lively, full of vitality"

"Well, how many different ways can I answer that?" I felt I was "playing a game with myself" while eating.

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The reason why I describe the above,

"Sooner or later, this will happen to me"

I want to tell my daughters what I am going to be.

"Don't be too cold to me in the future"

I think that I want to leave them at that now.