hi there. i'm kristin zee. welcome to our daily program. getting your answers. we ask experts to get answers for you in real time. today we have dr. patel covering the covid-19 and vaccine headlines plus answering your questions. first, i talked earlier with evelyn yang, 6 wife of current mayoral candidate andrew yang about a topic that's emotional, uncomfortable, but absolutely critical. sexual abuse, something she knows about as a survivor. yang authored a new book about sexual abuse. it's the latest in a franchise, a kid's book about

raise ago wareness. she opened up about another incident of sexual abuse, one that happened when she was a little girl. here's our conversation. >> thank you for making the time to chat with us today. >> thank you, kristin. thank you for having me here today. >> your book, a kids book about sexual abuse. when did you decide this is something you wanted to do? >> well i started working or thinking about this book about a year ago before the pandemic hit. i was reflecting on how i had just shared this really big secret with basically everyone act how my doctor had sexually abused and assaulted me but i had not explained to my own children what sexual abuse means. this is a book that i wanted to read to them as a parent and as a survivor in order to inform them and

also protect them. >> now last year you revealed that you were assaulted by your gynecologist while pregnant. that is when it triggered the childhood memory of the other incident of abuse. only talk about it to the extent you're comfortable. what happened when you were a kid? >> the situation was that i was at school, and i was alone with someone who was a stranger to me. he asked -- i don't remember exactly what he said, but he basically asked to play with me. i remember feeling like there was something off about the situation. being sexually abused wasn't in my realm of possibility. so i remember thinking don't be rude. don't hurt his feelings.

i didn't have that much time to think about much because it escalated very quickly. before i knew it, i was reflexively realized that this was a bad situation f. i was very lucky in that a teachers discovered us and intervened. i highlight this entire situation because this was a stranger. i felt a certain level of pressure. you can only imagine if it's someone you know or someone you trust which is of the cases for child and sexual abuse. >> you mentioned as a don't know what's happening to you?

>> this man was arrested and prosecuted so i don't remember talking to my parents about it so much as actually talking to the prosecutor because we had to review my testimony and i remember having to learn a bunch of things, a bunch of knew things. it being sort of my first my education in sexual abuse. i learned like the clinical names of my body parts. i didn't talk about it. i was embarrassed. it was uncomfortable. my mind basically buried this memory. it was a repressed memory essed

over 30 years. by the time i met andrew for example, i had no election of in anymore. >> knowing how tough it is for parents to talk with children and children to talk about this, how did you go about framing the topic and presenting it in the book? >> it is a very tough topic. this is why i think a book helps. how do you start this conversation? i wanted to make this conversation one that wasn't going to be scary or feel overwhelming. i also didn't want it to be overly clinical or dry or boring. if it's boring, then it's not memorable. if it's not memorable, it's less useful. so this book is not a clinical book. i'm not a clinician.

i'm a survivor. it's told in the perspective of the survivor. it's really powerful and significant to be able to say this happened to me. this is what i experienced. this is how i felt. i was scared, and this is what i did. >> with the pandemic and the lockdown, do you think this is a more important time than ever to talk about this? >> we've seen an alarming uptick in sexual violence. it's been one of the most horrendous side effects of the pandemic. traditionally, schools are safe havens for children. this is where abuse is reported. right now with the pandemic, so many kids are out of school that abuse is going unreported. teachers don't have eyes on kids the way they use to. a lot of our kids unfortunately

might be in situations where they are trapped at home with their abusers. so its something that i think we need to acknowledge is going -- we're dealing with the impact of trauma and the aftermath long after covid is passed us. >> i know you wanted the book to speak to boys and girls equally because it has happened to both. i'm wondering have you had the chance to sit down and read the book with your own boys? when do you think they're old enough? >> i don't think that you can start too early as long as kids have an understanding of their body. i think you know it might be harder for boys. i'm the mom of two boys. the statistics are so alarming. it's 1 in 4 boys and 1 in 6

boys will be abused before age 18. with boys, that has might be underreported. our society makes it harder for boys to come out with stories of sexual abuse. so i'm hoping this book actually opens the door for that so it's easier for boys and girls to come forward with it. i've been really surprised in just these last few days since the book launched. so many have been sharing stories of childhood abuse with me. i want to say that almost -- more than half of these stories are coming from them. so many people are walking

around with this sexual trauma. it just tells me that we should be having conversations earlier rather than later. >> it sounds like you carried it around for decades. i wonder if you feel like talking about it. is empowering a critical step in the healing process? >> absolutely. this is one of the reasons why i felt the reason to tell my own children about it. i didn't feel there were enough resources. on a personal level, writing this book was an emotional process and a healing process for me. just the idea of being able to put those words on paper and channel my trauma

into a way that could potentially help other people heal from their trauma is very meaning theful to me. >> ultimately, what do you hope this book will accomplish? >> i really consider this book a book about empowerment. i want to empower children to own their bodies, to trust their instinct and to use their voices and tell someone if they ever feel abused of confused. i also want to empower adults to start these conversations earlier with the children in their lives. >> i also consider this book a book about safety. we teach our children all the time the importance of looking both ways before they cross the street, say no to drugs. car safety, using a seat belt, what to do in the

event of a house fire. children are actual his much more likely to experience sexual abuse than they are to be in a house fire. we need to normalize teaching kids about sexual abuse and what and how to recognize it so that they know what to do if they find themselves in such a situation. also the importance of talking about it and reporting it if it ever does. >> evelyn yang, thank you so much for talking about this with us and for your courage. the book is a kids book about sexual abuse by evelyn yang. thank you so much, evelyn. >> thank you, kristin. when we come back, the latest covid-19 vaccine news with our special correspondent dr. patel. get your thinking caps

come back on air? five seconds. >> five seconds. >> welcome back. covid-19 continues to be in the news. as long as that's the case, we'll keep talking about it with our special correspondent dr. patel. he joins us live. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. happy friday to you kristin. >> all right. it is a friday of learning before we head into the weekend. there's been a lot of headlines with regard to covid. with our viewers help on facebook, let's play two truths and a lie. >> let's do it. everyone out there. which one of these is not true. unfortunately coronavirus is still all over the headlines. which is not true? i'm going to start with -- give me one second. i lost my list. >> do you want me to do it?

>> i'm going to tell you now. at least 14 will require the covid vaccine. or b, the variant is most common variant and present in all 50 states. or c, california has the lowest test positivity rate while michigan has the highest rate. which is not true? >> i'm going to need your help. i'm going to rule out c. i believe that is true. the lie to me would be a or b. both of those two contain a kernel of truth to it. a lot of is the lie. let's just go with a. that is the lie. >> a is actually true.

now to be fair, december may actually change later today. as of this reporting from cnn, 14 came out and said we're going to require the covid-19 vaccine. interestingly enough, some of these colleges are in states where governors are opposing vaccine mandates. this is pay good inner play between institutions, going against what the states want to do which is a story the next six months. b is also true. unfortunately the more contagious and more deadly variant is present all over the united states. c is actually false. this is tricky. it's important to point this out. michigan is having hot spots. it's all over the headlines. it's scary. however idaho has a higher percentage. there are risings cast not just michigan but throughout the midwest and going as far west as

idaho. we have the makings for more outbreaks. >> i had the california bias thinking we had the lowest test positivity. >> we do. we do. >> okay. can i give tessa a shout out? tessa g on facebook got it right. >> way to know. >> way to go. since you mentioned colleges and the vaccination being a requirement to return to campus, i see a question from the our viewer erica. she's wondering when do you think we might see the pfizer vaccine ready for 12 to 15-year-olds. obviously they're young for college unless they're geniuses like you probably were. still it raises the question when kids go back to school. i think there's headline on that today. >> we're seeing outbreaks pushed by younger individuals. it's something that a lot of

parents and pediatricians and students themselves ask about. phaser and bio tech just applied for this emergency use authorization. they're asking for it to be approved in the group 12 to 15. estimates say it could take a few weeks. all signs point to these being approved for children 12 to 15 before summertime before the school year. moderna hasn't released a data from the trial for 12 to 15-year-olds. we have a lot more time to go. we get younger than that. those trials started in march. we may not see data for elementary school kids or younger until later on in 2021. >> okay. let's talk about a different vaccine. the johnson & johnson one dose one. we've been reporting the dose supply is going to drop and hit as hard here. what is the latest about that and what is impact about our vaccine rate. we're chugging along and now this. >> yeah, kristin, this is not a headline anybody wanted to see. we talked about this a week ago showing 15 million doses were potentially going to

be held off from the manufacturing plant in the northeast. the there's an actual number. it's about 15 million. if we look at last week, there's 4.5 million doses of johnson & johnson being shipped out. next week, that's dropping down to 700,000. >> not only is it going to limit projections throughout the country of where vaccines are able to be delivered, it's a concern where johnson & johnson was absolutely needed. we talked about the refridge ration requirement and the fact a lot of people were looking forward to being one and done, getting the johnson & johnson shot. i'm good and don't have to worry about it. it is a setback. we have to pay attention to numbers. a lot of reopening plans including what we're talking about here in california for the middle of june are contingent on having vaccines for everyone. johnson & johnson says they'll have vaccines available for everyone they promised by may. we'll see what happens. >> we talked about people

recovering from covid-19 but experiencing long term symptoms. brain fog is one of the ones that came out this week in the news a lot. what do we know about it's been a year into the pandemic. >> brain fog is a large encompasses phrase. what they're talking about is brain disease. also psychiatric symptoms. the recent study is the largest of its kind, looked at 200,000 people that recovered from covid-19. they're finding this whole slew of neurologic symptoms such as movement disorders or head aches. also psychiatric symptoms like anxiety or mood disorders which were two of the most common. patients reported several months after covid-19. the most important thing to pay attention is we don't have the necessary resources we're going to need for countless people out

there who are suffering from long hall symptoms. message one is we need to make sure we have clinics and resources available for people. message two is to all young people out there not taking the disease seriously saying i'm not going to die from this. you could absolutely have long term symptoms which you don't want to have. >> that's right. i see you've got the panda pin. i don't know its ode to panda or pablo that use to be with the giants. we're going to talk about being back in the protocol they have right

we are back with our special correspondent dr. patel. i want to get to a couple quick viewer questions before we talk about the giants home opener. rachelle wants to know one doctor they said they wouldn't recommend eating in a restaurant until may

until more are vaccinated. this is inside. what do you think? >> i might side with that and say it depends on the restaurant to be honest. you have to think about spacing of the restaurant. we talked about ventilation, how far tables are apart. sometimes restaurants have an entire wall open. those are things to take into conversation. i would personally not go into a crowded restaurant now. san francisco and california moving at a low test positivity rate. people are wearing masks when to the physically eating or drinking. pay attention to your surroundings and own personal health. >> what's coming back? right now the home opener. they're requiring a vaccine card or proof of a negative test to enter. what do you think about that protocol and how long will that be in place? >> as far as the safety

measure, the protocol does make sense. it reduces the chance of there being an outbreak connected to the giants game. obviously there's a huge benefit it's outdoors. people are wearing masks. you know me, i'm going to go back to the equity issue. i want to make sure there are adequate test available for fans that want to go to the baseball game and experience a slice of normal life. also we have vaccine equity issues as well. it could become 46 haves versus have notes. >> it would be hard 20 get behind this unless i knew there were affordable and available vaccines for all living in the area that want to partake in anything that requires proof of tests and vaccines regardless of a giants show, bar, whatever it may be.

>> if you think about the fact you have distancing in place, ventilation in place, and people are going in there and vaccinated or have proof of a negative test, we do have a low likelihood. there's no such thing as a zero percent risk. that's one thing the individual has to take into account. if you're high risk or living with someone that isn't vaccine nateed, you have to ask yourself, there's no such thing as a zero percent probability you're going to catch covid-19. there's still a chance you're going out in public. i ask people to take that into account. i want to make sure opportunities are available for everyone. i hope people require that type of proof. >> we have 20 seconds. i don't want to ask if you see a fourth surge in california or not. >> we have potential for one in

california. numbers are great. our numbers are the lowest in the country. we had this set up for one. we have more contagious variants and young people are driving these surges. we know what to do, califo

th always fun, always learning. have a great weekend. >> thank you. we're back. want to thank you for joining us on this interactive show getting answers. today we talked to wife of former presidential candidate andrew yang. she has a kids book titled a kids book about sexual abuse. she opened up about what happened top her as a child and as afternoon adult.

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