we talk with buster posey miss chinatown usa -- last year's miss chinatown usa about china's new year parade in san francisco. we are moving into a in the covid pandemic, announcing dates for ending the public health emergency. giving that mean for you? joining us now to talk more about this and other health news is correspondent dr. alok patel. dr. patel, happy friday. happy lunar new year. thanks for coming on the show. dr. patel: happy lunar new year to you. i cannot believe that it has been three years since we first saw the emergency declaration. it is while that we are talking about moving away from it. kristen: yeah, i mean, three years, and as he finally said, the federal government erred -- ending is emergency may 11, california ending the health emergency at the end of this month. what tactically emergency -- what tactically does this change? dr. patel: two big things. we are moving into the pandemic, where we are learning to live with it, those who are most vulnerable, higher risk. this is potentially the end of the free services, masks, testing, and vaccination sites, and