Local politician wants NC LT. Governor to resign over comments
North Carolina’s first black Lt. Governor, Mark Robinson is being criticized for comments he made this summer at a church. Robinson made comments about the use of graphic materials in schools that have been approved for school curriculum. Robinson said children in America should not be exposed to transgenderism, homosexuality, or any filth. The comments were met with praise from conservatives and the audience at that church. LGBT community leaders say the comments could be “hurtful” and would they want to talk with Robinson concerning the comments. Local representative North Carolina State Senator Jeff Jackson, who represents Mecklenburg County, says North Carolina does not need open discrimination from a high-ranking public official. Jackson is calling for Robinson to resign. Lt. Governor says he was not operating in his officials at the church but speaking as a person holding onto his religious beliefs and did not target a particular group. A demonstration was held in Raleigh to protest Lt. Governor Robinson. He is expected to be a front-runner in the upcoming North Carolina Governors’ race.
LEGO announces controversial change to toy line
Just in time for the holiday shopping season LEGO is announcing some changes to their company line. The toy company announced they will no longer market their toys to certain genders. According to the announcement the company says that their research finds girls feel less restrained by gender biases when it comes to creative play, and they want to help girls and boys who battle prejudice to play with toys not associated with gender. The company says 7-thousand parents were surveyed in the study. LEGO is now working with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and UNICEF to “ensure LEGO products and marketing are accessible to all and free of gender bias and harmful stereotypes.” The company did not actually survey any children that consider themselves gender non-conforming, according to the study information. Previous companies including Mattel announced they would produce gender non-conforming toys. Critics have called these decisions a mistake and a plot to influence impressionable children.
SNBC news updates: Texas, Florida, and New York
The governor of Texas has joined a growing list of governors defiant of the Biden Administration. Governor Greg Abbott has announced the state will not issue mandate requirements for businesses, employees, or customers in that state. The Biden administration recently announced this summer mandatory covid shot requirements for all businesses and governments places of employments with 100 employees or more. Abbott has further issued an executive order banning shot requirements for local governments and schools.
The governor of Florida Ron DeSantis also recently announced a similar ban. A county in that state has already been fined 3.5 million dollars for mandating the shot. DeSantis is another governor who has resisted and is a vocal opponent of mandates.
A justice has ruled the state of New York must accept religious exemptions for employees who file the request to refuse the shot. US Northern District Justice David Hurd granted a temporary injunction that blocks New York State and employers from enforcing mandates against medical staff with legitimate religious exemption requests. Most staff in the medical field with this request was suspended following the September 27th deadline in New York. There was also news this week that OSHA has not actually created an official mandate, only a draft. Most critics believe companies acted on the mandates too quickly instead of fighting back in court.
SNBC Health report a top doctor is calling for more research concerning a medicine.
Professor Dr. Eli Schwartz with Sheba Medical Center in Israel is commenting over a drug widely debated in the press; Ivermectin. The drug is being credited by patients and doctors as a method to help combat Covid-19 with minimal chance of side effect. According to Schwartz, more research needs to be done on the medication as a line of defense against the virus. The doctor has worked with Travel Medicine and Tropical Disease Institute in various areas around the world. He was also assigned to help find a solution for the illness by the Israeli Defense Ministry. The doctor says Ivermectin was used as part of his research with the Tropical Disease Institute, and it was found to have antiviral activities. According to his research 84 percent of patients recovered in four days when given the medicine, and 94 percent recovered in just six days. Dr. Schwartz says Ivermectin works faster and killed the virus with the additional benefit of making patients non-infectious. Several media outlets have called the medicine “horse medicine” or a
de-wormer. The stigma around Ivermectin has caused several medical journals to decline publishing the study, except one which is currently reviewing the doctor’s findings.
SNBC NEWS NOTE: Critics claim Ivermectin is a “horse de-wormer”; this accusation is incorrect. The medication has three versions: Avermectin- used on animals, Ivermectin (version one) used for horses and dogs, and Ivermectin (as second version) used exclusively for humans. The medication has also been praised in previous research.Three doctors: Dr. William C. Campbell, Dr. Satoshi Omura, and Dr. Tu Youyou won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work with the three versions of this drug. The medications were used to treat Malaria and parasitic worms around the world in underdeveloped countries. Some critics believe the medication is dangerous due to the FDA’s hesitancy to approve the medication for COVID-19 treatment. The FDA claims there is still no evidence of Ivermectin’s effectiveness concerning COVID-19.