#enovid

[whoopjamboreehoo]

the last time I saw Stevie Nicks on my own it was 2016 and I also had a floor seat. this time I'm using an N95 and Enovid trying to "live my life" without getting covid. it feels like Climate Pledge Arena has good ventilation and I checked beforehand into their ventilation system. fingers crossed.

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‘Life-saving’ nose spray that kills 99.9% of viruses begins production in Israel, By NATHAN JEFFAY

A nasal spray that will be marketed as capable of killing 99.9 percent of virus particles has started rolling off production lines in an Israeli factory.

The spray could have prevented much of the world’s COVID-19 infection, its inventor, Dr. Gilly Regev, told The Times of Israel.

“We are hoping that our nasal spray will now save many lives of people in countries that are waiting for the vaccine,” said Regev, an Israeli-raised biochemist who co-founded the company SaNOtize and developed the spray in Canada. “This will be affordable and can be used for prevention, to protect from any respiratory viral infection.”

She said that it has been shown to be effective in the lab against a wide range of viruses, and said that new variants of the coronavirus won’t interfere with its effectiveness, emphasizing: “It contains a broad spectrum antiviral which kills all viruses and all variants.”

Regev called Enovid a “hand sanitizer equivalent for the nose,” and said that it creates a physical barrier in the nasal passages to stop viruses along with a “chemical barrier” of nitric oxide, which is known for its antimicrobial qualities. “The nitric oxide means this is a special spray that doesn’t just block viruses but actually kills them,” she said.

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On Jun 23, 1960, The FDA approved the first oral contraceptive pill called Enovid.

[herbanwytch]

Emerging from COVID . Still feeling punk but very much alive. I’m exhausted and we had what would be termed “ mild cases”. Glad I’m fully vaxxed and grateful for my fairly vigorous immune response. Also? I started taking a product called Enovid as soon as I realized I’d been exposed. Google it. It works. Please be careful friends… this isn’t going away anytime soon. I know we’re all sick of it but it’s not sick of us.🦠 #enovid #nitricoxide #covid #fluseason (at The Herban Inn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoBQpaAJRrH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[amymcools]

Happy Birthday, Margaret Sanger!

Happy Birthday, Margaret Sanger!

Margaret Higgins Sanger was born on September 14, 1879 into a large Catholic family with 11 surviving children. Her mother died at age 50 from tuberculosis. As young Margaret saw it, her mother was worn out from her 18 pregnancies, and would cite this as one of the many reasons she so passionately advocated for the right of women to control their own bodies and their own fertility.

She went on to…

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Birth control, way back when: the 1960s

Modern life isn’t perfect, but there are definitely some perks--like a whole lot more options when it comes to birth control. But what methods were couples using in the days of yore, while dialing land lines and watching Bewitched? Let’s get in the WABAC machine and find out!

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Before hormonal contraceptives made their debut in the U.S., barrier methods (previous versions of condoms and cervical barriers) and fertility awareness/withdrawal were all an enterprising lady had to rely on if she wanted to avoid pregnancy. In a decade when many women were fighting for the right to be taken seriously in the workplace and to achieve equality with men, lack of a reliable, relatively easy-to-use birth control method was a serious hurdle.

Then, in 1960, the FDA approved the first birth control pill, Enovid (a.k.a. Enovoid).

Enovid was a high-dose estrogen pill that was sometimes difficult to obtain--it was common for doctors to refuse to prescribe it on "moral grounds." In 1965 the Supreme Court ruled that married couples had a right to use birth control as an extension of the Constitution’s "right to privacy," but single women were frequently SOL if they didn’t have a sympathetic doc.

Enovid was eventually discontinued, but it revolutionized how people thought about birth control and demonstrated the widespread desire for more and better options.

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1960s montage by User:CatJar, from a variety of images credited here. (Africa cs poster.jpg) [CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.