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off memorial day weekend. joining us to answer your questions and mine is ucsf infectious disease specialist, dr. gandhi. great to see you. >> great to see you too. >> did you have a good weekend? this past weekend? it was kind of the first normal holiday so to speak since the pandemic. >> it was quite normal. i mean with an almost 80% first dose rate in san francisco with really low cases. with really low hospitalizations. it's really getting to the end of this with our vaccination rate. and it felt really normal to me. i saw people outside without their masks. and people were keeping them on inside but kind of hanging off a little bit but yeah it felt really normal. >> can we indulge in our normal activities. i went to disney land. i know. it's my happy place. my family loves it. and i have to say, i was impressed by how they did it. everybody wore their masks. there was no fight over that.

it was about 35% capacity. and it felt pretty comfortable. people were still socially distanced. i'm mentioning this because i know we have a picture. i'm waiting for it to be pulled up. see me with falcon behind me there. it felt really great. and there was a lot of happiness. what about you? >> i have to say i've been going throughout the pandemic. but it's been getting increasingly more capacity as the tiers open up. there were more people there this time. but there were two incredible exhibits that i would encourage everyone to see. we want to support our museums. >> okay so i'm glad you had a good time. as we enjoy these activities with glee. but there's also some guilt. should we feel that way? or are we truly okay? >> i think we're truly okay.

the way to look at it is this. we're about over the entire country, the eligible population, we're at 51% first dose. the uk is at 60% first dose. because they went faster than we did. they gave out the first dose first. they had zero deaths in the united kingdom over the last several days from covid with just a little more vaccination than we. that's truly the goal, right? that we can get to this low of what was the worst part about covid was not cases, we were using cases to figure out if we can pass it, it's about severe illness and they have had zero deaths over the last several days. it's quite amazing and an accomplishment. and that's what vaccines do. so try not to feel guilty. try to realize this is true. >> okay. so how quickly are people dropping their mask use now compared to like two weeks ago? is it down by quite a bit? >> you know, the outside is down i think i mean as you know

we all have to mask inside the city. but outside i'm seeing proportion fall dropping. why? because two things happen. the cdc put out their summer camp guidance on friday. and that's really important for children, right? because children aren't yet vaccinated and they said very clearly that children don't need to wear masks outside unless they're in packed, dense circumstances. they did that to allow the camps to be normal outside especially in the heat. so that tells me that tells san francisco and everyone else that that's very safe the children who are unvaccinated to be unmasked outside. it goes back to the w.h.o. principle that masking is not necessary outside because of how the virus disperses in the air. it really is not necessary outside unless you're in those dense, packed circumstances, that's what i'm watching for is people being okay with taking off their masks outside. it's not -- we're still doing a lot of masking. but i think that's the safest. >> habits are hard to break, if you feel comfortable with it,

that's fine to keep wearing it. but i want to ask, even though the national peck churr is looking very good, why are case numbers up in washington, colorado, wyoming, and florida. is there behavior just different collectively? or is the vaccination rate that different? >> it's very important to understand what's happening in those four states. it's what happened to michigan in late march. they do not have a lot of natural immunity to not have terrible surges. this would be more appropriate for wyoming, washington, oregon. as they started opening up and they're putting down the vaccine, they're seeing cases going up. they don't have a lot of natural immunity. we unfortunately have a lot of natural immunity in california. so does texas, because we both had terrible third surges over the wintertime. so this is exactly what happened in michigan. low surges and then when they started rolling out vaccine, the cases went up. remember how worried we were about michigan.

then it hit a certain rate and cases came down. that will happen in all of these places. we only have a few residual places in the country where cases are going up as you're putting out vaccine because we don't have a lot of natural immunity. all of that will come down with vaccination. >> speaking of vaccinations, i wonder if people in california went and got vaccinated this weekend since california offered the huge incentives in the form of the $1.5 million cash prizes for people. has there been an uptick? is that getting people to the sites ? >> it is. this is the important thing to remember. we're giving out 1.2 million doses across the country a day. sometimes up to 1.5 million. yes, it's not 4 million like it was at the beginning. but we're still giving out huge numbers of doses. and that's true in california as well. so remember we're not there yet. there was a july 4th date that president biden gave for the 70% first dose vaccination for a reason. it takes time. we're of course getting there.

we just surpassed that number here in california. there are now ten states who reached the 70% first dose rate. and of course we're among them in california. but there's ten more states that have gotten above 65%. so give it a little more time. i think incentives are great. nothing wrong with incentives. >> july 4th is doable. >> yeah, it's a good thing. >> real quickly i want to ask about the vaccines a little bit a canadian panel weighed in on mixing the veins, the cocktail. saying people getting different combinations for first doses and second doses that's okay. isn't the nih looking at that here? >> yes, the nih is but the uk is ahead of us in so many things. they did this study. they showed that giving astrazeneka. that's like our johnson & johnson. followed by a pfizer. which is an mrna vaccine. gave a better immune response than either of the two alone.

there's something about this heterologous mixed and matched vaccination. >> the way i understand it is one is broader and the other is more targeted. it seems like the combination could make you more protected. so we'll see. >> this is true of giving whole inactivated varion. and combining it with an mrna vaccine. so all of these studies are under way. >> sally a viewer has the same question i have. when will full approval be given to the vaccine so people will be more comfortable. moderna requested full approval not just emergency approval. when will that happen? why is that important? >> it's important because right now they're under emergency use authorization. that does make some people uneasy.

one thing to tell you, they went through a major process to get to an eua. but people want that stamp of approval. and some people are waiting to get their vainppens. pfizer filed for the eua to go to approval and moderna did it today. if it took six weeks to get from press release to eua. i don't see why it would take longer than three weeks to get approval for each of them. i think that would be tremendously helpful. >> we have about 30 seconds. i have to get to daniel's question. he's a regular viewer. he wants to know with regard to indoor group exercise ask dance classes would dr. gandhi feel comfortable with indoor gym exercise resume without masks or distancing when san francisco resumes on june 15th. >> i would if everyone is vaccinated. it's really the biggest force field you can ever imagine and masks and distancing are tools. vaccine is the solution. you can be next to each other and get exercise vaccinated.

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wipressure, criticism and nonst attention. we're getting answers from the profession sophmore of psychiatry. how big of a deal is this? how seismically important is this that someone of her caliber and status went public with an admission that she's hurting not just physically but emotionally and physically. >> it's hard to know what's going on. first of all, i want to be clear, i don't know her. i've never diagnosed her. but in general. speaking about athletes, what you need to know, to answer your question is number one, they have less mental health and psychiatric illness than the general population, number two, they're like everybody else. athletes have problems. athletes have symptoms like quotes, anxiety, or depression,

or fear. athletes have symptoms. athletes have diagnoses. we have no idea what it is she's talking about. all we know is she's functioning very well as an athlete. she's not able to function in her marketing role. why this is, we don't know. >> breasting. i was fascinated bio pointing out that athletes as a category have fewer cases or fewer instances of mental health issues why is that do you suppose? >> well, athletes, we argue, athletes help over all quotes mental and physical health. being athletic does something good for you. so that's why. to answer your question. i want to explore that clearly she felt it took a mental toll on her to have to talk to media. look. you know, no one likes to be

forced to dissect their failures or losses immediately affidavits. that's something they're contractually obligated to do. your expertise is psychiatry, i'm not going to get into who is right or wrong, or you signed up for that, or a debate. but is that something that puts strain or pressure on athletes and if so how can they cope with it? >> very good question. the answer to the question is athletes are celebrities. this is the same issue we get with actors, actresses, former presidents, and current athletes. what she's saying is look. i have trouble dealing with the media and thinking on my feet. why that is, i don't know. it most likely is it's touching some personal problem in her that when she has to answer these questions, it's touching

something that's setting off other feelings that she doesn't want to do. she can function on the court, but she doesn't, like other celebrities, want to be interviewed. >> is that fair for us to demand our athletes, some of whom choose it because they just enjoy the game, do we say well, you must embrace the other part of it? the part about being in the spotlight and talking to the media and that it comes with the territory. and that even if it comes at a price to your mental health, that's what it is. that seems to be what they were suggesting. which a lot of fans reject. >> well, the tournament is suggesting, they're saying you sign up for the tournament, you help us market this or else we're going to fine you and we may stop you from competing. i don't think that's fair. >> i does seem rather regressive for 2021. at a time where people are paying more attention to their

mental health as brought on by the pandemic. and you see even superstar steph curry, kyrie irving, they're standing with her and praising her, and these are what we consider super men, right? >> right. >> what does that suggest to you? >> well, it suggests to me that you do what you can. you know, anne kilian talked abouathletesan d some of them are supporting her. and some of them aren't. but this is clearly a marketing issue and it's a personal issue, and she's saying it's not worth it for me to do it. it's up to the tournament to decide. it's up to the tennis people to decide whether they juan to keep her on. we don't know what the story is. that's what i want to emphasize. >> i want to ask if you think gender plays into this. women are often judged more harshly as hysterical. a few weeks back

williams had the -- what does your research suggest about different expectations. >> my research suggests yes, gender plays a role as does race. we expect unfairly we have different standards for men and women. so i'm with you 100% on that. >> so then, if that's the case for someone like her who is a woman and a person of color, do you think her staning up against the establishment will have a bigger impact? will it influence others to say -- >> i do. i give her credit. i give her credit for doing what she can and saying look, i'm not going to do this, because you want to market me. i'm an athlete. i'm not doing the entertainment marketing part. i give her a lot of credit. sneak the 30 seconds we have left, i want to give a take away to parents watching. maybe they have a young

athlete, a little leaguer, ayso player or a high school player, i wonder if there's a pressure, you know, on our athletes in the sports world that's different in terms of not being able to confront mental health issues. >> well, there is. parents, rightly encourage children to both compete athletically and to compete academically. the point is, it shouldn't be the only thing in life. the only thing in life is to help your kid function as best they can given the talents that they have. osaka is at the top of her field and she's going to be a role model for lots of other women of color and non-color. so we give her credit and i hope is that she can work this out with the tennis people. and you're absolutely right to bring this up. this is really an important issue for men and women who

have kids as i do. and i encourage my kids to be active academically and athletically. >> thank you for spending time to talk with us. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> all right, when we come back, the group of college kids making a difference in our kids' education. they're now getting ways of interest for the summer courses they're offering

we've come to learn many things throughout the pandemic. one big one is the inequality seen and unseen in our education system. the digital divide. the access to books and supply ses. a group of college students used the pandemic to help combat that with online learning festivals and they're back for the summer. so joining us live is carlie a sophomore from the bay area at harvard university and ceo founder of wave learning festival. and catherine dang, freshman at cal tech and a support lead at

wave. thanks for joining us today. >> thanks for having us here today christine. >> it's my pleasure. i know this is your second summer of offering free courses. parents, if you're trying to find something to do for your kids. free chances. tell me how the idea got started. you're a student and then you realize huh, we're not going to school, kids need something. tell me how will evolved. >> last april we were sent home from college when the pandemic started rolling out. i remember reaching out to friends in high school to ask how classings were going and i was surprised to hear we have no classes. we never get to see our teachers and we have very little support over all. i was thinking if they're struggling like this. what are students across the country and schools across the country facing. i know schools and educators are trying hard. but the reality is it was such a bizarre situation that nobody had ever had to deal with before. wave started in the summer to

help students and families during a summer when programs were closed down, working parents were really struggling to support their kids while also going to full-time jobs. so over the summer we brought together college students to teach live courses about all sorts of topics free for students. >> who is this appropriate for? if i have a kid, what subjects do you offer? what classes are taught? what grade levels are it appropriate for. >> we have college students that come and teach your passion. we have students teaching programming, physics, art, or creative writing. so we have classes for fourth graders through twelfth graders and they happen online for free for people any where. and they happen at a variety of times throughout the summer and throughout the day. >> i tell you, these are not your boring classes for kids who are like i don't want to do

more math. my son took one last summer from you guys it was like social equity and sports and all sorts of interesting topics, which leads me to catherine, what are you teaching this summer. >> last summer i taught physics, entrust to mechanics, and i thought that for five sessions, five waves as we call them. and it's basically a super fun interactive class where opportunities explore the basics of physics, one of my favorite activities is where we do the friction unit. and students rub their hands together. and they try to rub their hands together harder or faster and see if that changes how fast their hands warm and that explains the force of friction. >> wow, okay, that's cool. you can have fun while you're learning. and this is done all over zoom offer virtually. >> right. >> so folks, if my producer can pull up wave lf.org. because i want to show people

how to sign up if they're interested and browse courses. it's wavelf.org. wave learning festival.org. you have all these different classes and there's still room for people to sign up. >> absolutely. we're in the middle of registration for wave one now. we call different batches of classes throughout the summer waves. the first wave is from june 6th to june 25th and registration ends friday. we really encourage all students and parents to go over and check them out. >> wow let's click on register now. which is in the purple section. like one of the first links. then you can browse all the different classes. understanding business strategy and risk. carlie, what do you hope to do with all of this. you harnessed all of these college students who can teach their passion, what are you hoping to do? >> we're trying to get at huge issues of education inequity. these issues have been around

even before the pandemic. they'll continue to affect students after the pandemic. students are much less likely to have academic support made available to them or access to extracurricular programs and summer camps. we want to even the playing field. have resources open for everyone and continue supporting students. >> all right. carlie, catherine, thank you so much.

and thank you so much for joining us on this interactive show getting answers today we got the latest on the vaccine front with dr. monika gandhi of ucsf we're getting back to normal with vaccination rates. keep going at it.

our california vaccination rate is at 70% for first shot. the u.s. is not quite there. we'll keep going. we took a look at tonight, major news on the coronavirus in the u.s. and one of the vaccines. the cyber attack affecting the u.s. meat supply now. and moments ago, the president on one of the darkest chapters in american history. the first president ever to travel to tulsa to mark the tulsa race massacre. it was 100 years ago today, smoke in the skies over tulsa. an estimated 300 black people killed by a mob. more than 1,000 homes and buzzes burned to the ground. tonight, the president saying, "just because history is silent doesn't mean it didn't take place." also tonight, the news on the coronavirus in the u.s. moderna now joining pfizer, applying for full fda approval for its vaccine. tonight, the country and this new chapter. new york city, for one, reporting a major milestone

tonight. no deaths in 24 hours from the