announcer: this is abc seven news. kristen: you are watching getting answers, live on abc seven and hulu. we ask experts your questions everyday at 3:00 to get answers in real time. today, the case of gabby petito is reopening the conversation about domestic violence. we talked to a bay area expert about spotting signs of trouble. also, a san mateo dentist mandating his patients be vaccinated. first, several major covid-19 headlines. the biggest one, pfizer says its vaccine is safe and effective for kids ages five to 11. a group that is still waiting

for a vaccine. here to answer your questions is dr. jenna boy key -- helping lead the vaccine trial for children at stanford medicine. thanks for joining us. what exactly did the pfizer trial find with regard to its vaccine for a 5-11-year-olds? >> the actual data hasn't been published yet. the announcement today was letting us know the data collected and the study that finished enrollment about 10 days ago suggests the vaccine is safe, very safe and very effective in children 5-11. he didn't give specific details, but it generally hinted it was similar to the results we saw in kristen: children 12-17. we are still waiting for full data, which it has to submit to the fda.

so they didn't give percentages. the date tell us about the dosage tested? >> the dose was 10 micrograms, one third of the adult dose. >> is that based on weight? or, children that age actually need less to generate the same amount, or more of immune response? >> a combination of both. pfizer did a dose finding study earlier in the summer to find the ideal dose. they tested several different dosages and this was the least amount of vaccine to get the immune response required. >> i wonder, once once once once come out and once it is finalized, do you think, when a five-year-old weighing 80 pounds, or an 11-year-old weighing a hundred pounds, do they get the same dose?

>> there's multiple things. when you look into other vaccines, the flu vac other vaccines, you will find there are not a wide variety of doses. one of the factors is that as we age, our immune system needs more prodding amount the same response. sometimes we need a booster as we get older, and a -- younger kids need less because of the body size. kristen: i know you haven't seen the data, but what are you seeing in your own trial you are doing with pfizer in children? >> we are the world that are participating in this study. we are not doing a separate

study, we are participating in the study that was announced today. we are seeing great things. we have had very few participants have difficulty with the vaccine. very few side effects. similar across all sciences? i guess we would have -- kristen: similar to the adult population. bollyky: the side effects do seem to be reducing after the second dose. >> any real side effects myocarditis? especially in young men who have gotten the mrna vaccine? dr. bollyky: we have not seen it in our own population. but it is a small group. we see around 130 people here at

stanford and then they have multiple sites. we have not seen any of that yet. kristen can -- kristen: any severe illness? dr. bollyky: none. kristen: how would you say the efficacy -- in recent days we have been hearing the pfizer vaccine after 120 days becomes 77%, as opposed to 95% initially. do you have data on that? dr. bollyky: i do not. this is a placebo-controlled study. for every two people getting the medication, one is not. i do not know who is getting it and who is not. we have not had significant number of cases in our population, but i can't tell you who is getting the medicine and who is not. kristen: we talked about more steps. full data, peer review, cdc,

when do you expect the shop will actually go into young arms? dr. bollyky: based on what we have seen, it is usually a month for the fda to review, i am hopeful this will start to see rollout for this age group next month before halloween. kristen: what about. there is nothing magic about five. what about preschool? younger than five? dr. bollyky: we participated in a dose finding part of the study , the phase one study. the age groups are broken down from six months to two years. that is the lowest dose. and two years to five years, five years to 11 years. they handle the dose finding in

a way that is systematic and classic for new medication. i think it will be trailing just a little bit hind. i do not know more than you do. we heard of would be in the fourth quarter when we are enrolling all of those participants, that we have all of those folks in our study and we are just working on getting those studies to be fully enrolled for those age groups. kristen: do you think schools should mandate vaccines for all students? if so, when? dr. bollyky: it is really for a school district to mandate something that is not fda approved. i do think that mandates will come once we have full fda approval personally, it makes a

big difference if people are vaccinated in terms of our pandemic. as someone who works in public health, i feel strongly that the vaccine should be mandated, but i appreciate each family doing their own risk and benefit, weighing risks and benefits on any treatment they give their children. kristen: it does seem the national vaccination rate is not even 50%. isn't it 30% for 12-17-year-olds? do you know what it is? dr. bollyky: i actually do not. kristen: i know it is under 50%. i am wondering if that group, 12-15 is under 50%. don't you expected to be even less for 5-11? i would think those parents would be even more worried about the potential impact on them. dr. bollyky: that is a good

point. i also think it is easier to control the behaviors -- maybe -- of 12-17-year-olds. it is sometimes hard to think about those things for the little ones. so, there could be parents that feel like this would be a blessing, to feel a little more covered with the vaccine and know that if you're child did encounter the virus, it would be unlikely they end up in the hospital. kristen: i appreciate your time. i hope to talk to you soon. dr. bollyky: thanks. kristen: up next, the latest in the disappearance of gabby petito. a disturbing 911 call this leading hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. -what, you mean-- -mhm. -just like that. -wow.

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kristen: welcome back. authorities are trying to locate brian laundrie, the florida m who disappeared. yesterday, authorities found remains matching description of the 22-year-old woman. a witness had called 911 laundrie laundrie on august 12 claiming to have seen laundrie slap petito in utah. with us is terry brown from berkeley. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. kristen: some of the women you serve come from relationships mired by domestic violence. in this case, we have the 911 caller who says they saw laundrie slap petito, then we have police bodycam footage which appears to show laundrie

showing scratches that petito put on him. >> i see a lot of confusion. i see a lot of back and forth with the story. it doesn't quite add up, especially when you question them separately. it just seems in disarray. frantic, we are in trouble, something is going on, let's try to minimize what is going on. kristen: where their science of trouble that perhaps someone trained to spot these things might have observed that would raise a red flag that someone last -- less trained might not have noticed? >> i would say for m m m m m it was for her to be removed from the situation stood out. oftentimes, if there was nothing really going on, usually women

are more aggressive, almost taken aback by the thought that -- had done something domestic, a lot of times there will be like, what are you talking about? can we leave? it seemed as though she seemed comfortable being separate. for me, i saw a sigh of relief that she could be removed from the situation. kristen: police did try to separate them. they concluded it was not domestic violence, it was a mental health crisis. i do not know if it was the fact that she was visibly emotional, she said, i am struggling with mental health, and he was very calm. is that typical? how does that play off her authorities in terms of discerning culpability, or who

is more in trouble? >> for me personally, to hear that i am struggling with mental health, that would have been a trigger. i would have automatically went to support. usually folks do not say they are struggling mentally, it is very rare you would hear. usually everything is fine, we are ready to go, can we leave? i would in that case request cit team, where you would have a mental health team that works on the police force, you would have a psychiatrist, therapist on hand and may be advocate so we can properly assess the situation especially when someone is yelling out. that automatically feels like, are you in danger of hurting yourself. how can we -- outside of just

de-escalating, because sometimes that is not just a -- kristen: do you know if that were to happen here, if chp went out, with it have been handled differently? >> i feel like it would have been handled differently. berkeley has an amazing team. if we were to make a phone call and say this person is having a crisis, they have been responsive, asking what is this person normally like? they are always about the history of the person and if they don't have history, they are always like, ok, what makes sense? kristen: we should mention laundrie has not been charged and the body found has not been

confirmed. let's put this aside and look big picture, how many women experience thomistic violence? how many are killed by their partners each year? >> more than 90% of women experience domestic violence or intimate partner violence throughout their lifetime. >> 90%? 90%. when i think about our organization, if you were to ask them have you ever experienced it? it might not be a current event, but they have at one point experienced it. kristen: i wonder if with increasing awareness, has that number been going down? it certainly doesn't feel like it. 20 something years ago i worked as a sexual assault hotline counselor and i do not think things have improved. correct me if i am wrong, but why? >> it has to do with the report,

there are studies that show 53% of women will report and 48% of men will report. that is the biggest issue. some folks don't even know they are experiencing domestic violence and that is another factor, especially if you start to dive deeper into team domestic violence. that is actually happening as we speak. there's actual cases of young children, women and boys who do not know what they are in. kristen: i wonder if if give people some warning signs, some red flags. one thing i learned in my training a long time ago is there usually is an element of control that one partner would exert on the other. again, not to draw conclusions on this case, we heard petito say laundrie told her she couldn't be successful and took her down a notch.

talk about that as a warning sign. >> everything you noted is a huge warning sign. oftentimes, needing to know where you are all the time is a big flag. a lot of folks don't notice that could be a sign of abuse. you can't hang out with certain people, you are not allowed to wear certain things, even going as far as checking your instagram and social media sites, text messages, needing to always be in the loop, you need to get this approved by me. i need to be able to visibly see what is going on, what is your life, there is no break. no separation. kristen: wha wha wha wha wha recognize you are caught up in such a relationship or you see a good friend or family member caught up? sometimes, breaking that pattern

is hard and sometimes trying to get your friend out of a relationship will be hard as well. it could fracture your friendship, but also put them in greater danger. what do we do if we see this happening? >> the number one thing is to find an adult, or person you trust. just because we have seen where sometimes it is a generational thing. it is excepted in certain places and areas. it is not out of the norm for your husband or wife to be in charge of what you do and how you do it. the first step is acknowledging, ok maybe this makes me feel uncomfortable. maybe i don't feel safe when this person yells at me and i have to to have all of my whereabouts. once you identify that net, start having conversations. one thing i do with my own

clients is, what are signs of domestic violence? i googled it one day and i had a young lady come into the office and she was like, i am not in a domestic violence relationship. though i clearly heard there was economic abuse and she didn't know it was -- what it was called. i printed out that list at allowed her to read them and she stepped back in her chair, it was a moment that i am too dealing with this. kristen: it surgeons -- it sounds like more awareness and education is needed. terri brown, thank you so much. for other resources, we have a section on our website abc7news.com. find your ally, take action. we will be right back and talk to a

kristen: we have talked a lot

about vaccine mandates, but what about at the doctor's office? running us is dr. michael warm, cosmetic dentistry. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> a week ago today, you implement a new requirement for patients. >> i am requiring all patients that come to the office for treatment to show proof of vaccination. kristen: how would you confirm that? the cdc card? >> most people have a card, they have it on their phone or something, just to make sure they do have the second dose. kristen: is this to protect patients or employees? >> both. after talking with other specialists, this is not something mandated by our dental association, i am doing it on my own. the government can only do so much to try to get people vaccinated.

if businesses, especially health care facilities, make it a requirement that patients be vaccinated before they come in, it will start to sink in that it is that important for everyone to get vaccinated. kristen: san mateo county does not yet have a mandate for indoor businesses. the state mandate for health care workers applies to the health caregivers, not the patients. >> correct. kristen: were you worried about the reaction? review worried about losing patients? >> i was. my staff said, are you sure? i said yes because you have -- if you believe in something strongly, you've got to do it. so far, i have had some that have said they are leaving and they are going to go somewhere else and that is fine. i have had more responses from patients who say they feel safer

and they are glad. kristen: you are in san mateo county where i think the vaccination rate for those over 12 is 93%. that is the eligible population. lots of support in york county for that. are you allowing for religious or medical exemptions? >> medical exemptions, yes. religious, i haven't seen any written religious exemption that is valid. if they have when they can show me, i would respond. but, i do not know of any that are actually saying you shouldn't get a vaccine. so that is interesting. so, patients of record, if they have an emergency i will see them. kristen: what if somebody has had covid? if they have had covid, will you still require them to show vaccine card? >> yes.

kristen: how long will you have this in place? >> until the vaccine is -- until the pandemic is over or everyone is vaccinated. the virologists i talked to says soon -- you are already seeing movie theaters, bars, you are going to see businesses requiring this. kristen: more and more seem to be and you are one of them. dr. wong, thank you for sharing with us what you are doing. we w

kristen: thank you for joining us. today we covered visor trials for kids, a doctor mandating

vaccines, and in-depth signs of domestic violence. tonight, the major news on vac seens and children. pfizer now says its shot is safe and effective. this would be for children 5 to 11. pfizer will now request fda emergency use authorization. how soon could children be getting the shot? and an important difference between this pfizer shot and the one given to adults. what you should know. dr. jha standing by. also, that major news expected this week on boosters for adults in this country. starting with 65 and older and americans who are at high risk fr severe disease. we'll ask what to expect on that front, as well. also tonight, new developments in the disappearance of gabby petito. authorities believe they have found their body. tonight, the fbi raiding boyfriend brian laundry's family hope. he vanishe