Como fotógrafo amador, a atual crise não me afeta. Entretanto, trabalhei com manutenção aeronáutica por mais de 30 anos e a aviação comercial já sentiu os efeitos do coronavírus. Digo que, perto do que acontece agora, o 11 de setembro (2001) foi apenas uma pequena interrupção (e olhe que as consequências do atentado foram permanentes pois alteraram definitivamente a forma de se viajar de avião).
Agora, um "off topic" (nem tanto, rsrs). Um medicamento chamado "
Avigam", desenvolvido por uma das empresas integrantes do conglomerado
Fujifilm, tem sido utilizado na China e no Japão para combater os efeitos do coronavirus (transcrição abaixo):
China Embraces Fujifilm Avigan Wonder Drug For Coronavirus TreatmentRead more:
https://fujiaddict.com/#ixzz6H3gfeL5bA few weeks ago I reported that the Japanese governement believed that the anti-influenza drug Avigan (Known as Favipiravir) developed by Fujifilm would be an effective treatment for the Coronavirus. Today Chineses officials said “an active ingredient of the company’s Avigan anti-flu drug appeared to help coronavirus patients recover.”
“Favipiravir has been effective, with no obvious side-effects, in helping coronavirus patients recover, Zhang Xinmin, an official at China’s Science and Technology Ministry, told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday.
But a Fujifilm spokesman said the company expects no direct earnings impact from potential sales growth of Favipiravir in China, at least for now, as its license for the key ingredient in the country already expired last year.
In Japan, Fujifilm manufactures Avigan only on receiving orders from the government and has no sales target for the drug, she said.”
Avigan is a very interesting drug and it was also successfully used off label to help combat the 2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea. While it will not cure Coronavirus initial clinical trials in Shezhen have had very positive results:
“In a clinical trial in Shenzhen involving 80 participants, patients who took Favipiravir showed greater chest improvement and took less time to test negative for the genomic trace of the virus, compared with patients not given the drug, Zhang said.”NOTA: Favipiravir é um outro nome pelo qual o Avigam é comercializado.Tem mais notícias envolvendo a Fujifilm e o coronavirus:
Fujifilm and Texas A&M Are Ready to Mass Produce a Coronavirus (COVID-19) VaccineRead more:
https://fujiaddict.com/#ixzz6H3gz6YAaA Division of our favorite photography company Fujifilm stands ready to mass manufacture a Coronavirus vaccine with Texas A&M when one is ready for distribution. There has been some progress towards a vaccine, but trials will take a while. This pandemic is hitting photographers and videographers particularly hard, so it is nice to know Fujifilm is doing everything they can to help during this global slowdown so that we can all get back to doing what we love.
Press Release
Three State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Facilities Only Need an Order from U.S. Government
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System is beginning to get questions about the status of its vaccine manufacturing capabilities. You may attribute this statement to me:
“The Texas A&M University System completed the construction of two new facilities and the retrofitting of a third site on time and on budget in 2017. The System and its subcontractor, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB), are ready to respond to an order from the federal government to manufacture vaccines. To date, the System has received no federal order.
“FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB) owns and operates the facilities, capable of manufacturing a wide range of vaccines and therapeutic products. This means the facilities and a trained workforce are able to respond quickly as soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is developed and safely tested.”
FDB officials echoed the Texas A&M System’s statement:
“FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB) is utilizing its network of leading scientists, engineers and production facilities in both Europe and the USA, including those located in College Station, Texas to manufacture clinical material in short order to support the global efforts to control COVID-19. FDB stands ready to support United States government efforts to respond to the manufacture of a COVID-19 vaccine.”via Texas A&M:
https://www.tamus.edu/texas-am-system-stands-ready-to-respond-to-covid-19/Read more:
https://fujiaddict.com/#ixzz6H3iBrEONAcabou saindo uma nota na "Folha de São Paulo":
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/equilibrioesaude/2020/03/remedio-japones-mostra-acao-em-teste-preliminar-contra-coronavirus.shtml"...Em teste, remédio japonês tem efeito positivo contra coronavírus
Cerca de 80 pacientes que receberam o remédio tiveram melhora mais rápida de seus sintomas e eliminaram o vírus do organismo mais rápido..."
