One thing that continues to puzzle people is the multiinflammatory syndrome where kids kind of get that certain kind of rash when theyve been exposed to covid. Can you talk about how thats manifesting itself . Sure. A couple of things. Youre right. Its called misc. The fascinating thing is were only about four weeks into learning about this disease. It first came up in the United Kingdom and italy where reports of kids with fever and rash and some got very, very sick over a short period of time. Right about four weeks after the adult peak. So what that has taught pediatricians and really taught the world is we thought children were not being affected by this disease, certainly very few kids have gotten the pulmonary disease that adults have. So that caused a little bit of concern in the pediatric community. A couple of things i think families should know. Number one, its very rare. Weve seen hundreds and hundreds of thousands of cases of adults very, very sick with covid. And so far across the country, weve seen about 200 of these cases in children. We think those numbers will go up, but, you know, 200 kids compared to hundreds of thousands, its very rare, number one. Number two is the community has really rallied, academics and the government, have rallied in short order to think about how we treat this, what are the inflammatory markers . Ive been proud of how hospitals have risen and shared data in real time. I was on a zoom conference on saturday where 600 intensive care pediatricians were talking about how do we treat this and what do we do about it. So the community is really rising. The third thing is the great, great majority of kids that get this rare disease do very well. Were seeing the great majority of kids respond to therapy and recover. So its a little scary that kids are getting something that we thought they were not, you know, not going to be a part of this. But there seems to be good news that kids are recovering. Just to clarify, when you said 200 cases, do you mean in the state of california, in the . So far in the country, weve tallied in the last month, 200 cases. Now, that number will go up, you know, as more kids are potentially exposed. We may see more children, and quite frankly as the definition of what this is starts to percolate out into childrens hospitals and other pediatricians offices, we may see that number grow. Beoverall the number is still what i would consider pretty rare for a child to get this. All right. Well, that is good to hear because certainly whwith the ci reopen camps and child care, given that theyll be coming back together even if its in small groups, what are your concerns with Public Health . Yeah. Im an optimist, and i actually like the fact that were now having the dialogue about how do we emerge into recovery, right . Weve been sheltering in place for so long, and i think the bay area should be so proud of what weve done. This has been a collective good that we have stopped or flattened the curve, if you will. Now were starting to have the debate. What about summer camp . What about play dates . What about all the stuff that makes a kid a kid, right . So im glad were starting to have this dialogue, but its obviously a different world. Parents are really concerned, and we have to be safe. So if i use summer camp as an example, i think theres three factors for families to consider. One is whats the municipality . Whats the state and the city say about is it okay to open that camp . Thats kind of at the government level. The second is for parents, and parents are always really good obviously about checking out where theyre entrusting their cade to stay overnight or stay for the day. But theres something called the American Camp association. Theyve been working in close connection with the centers for Disease Control to put in place rigorous standards for safety, around hand washing, around how many kids are allowed to congregate, on how to screen staff, around how to react if somebody, god forbid, gets sick. So i think its important that parents really know what you know, what are the, quote, unquote, adults in charge of this particular thing like a camp doing . And then the third thing i think is really important, for families to feel comfortable either reestablishing or establishing a relationship with their pediatrician because i think, you know, so many people have been scared to go to the doctor, scared to go to the Emergency Department of the hospital. And i just think parents need to know hospitals and pediatricians are open. Were using a lot more telemedicine. Were using Technology Like this to see families. But i think its important that for that individual child, that a family has a discussion with ei should do as far as these kind of activities. Okay. And im glad you mentioned that. One thing that parents have kind of asked is, you know, should the decision as to whether i send my child into that social situation depend in part on who else resides in the household, whether they have elderly grandparents because you hear people say, oh, the kids will be fine. Theyre not coming down with it hard. But what are the other considerations youd advise . Youve nailed it on the head. Its not once again, this rare syndrome in kids were concerned about, but it is rare, and were dealing with it. I think we have to take into account grandma and grandpa. You know, im a grandparent myself. Grandma and grandpa, and is that child being in close proximent to a, quote, unquote, more vulnerable patient . Is that going to cause more harm than good . So its a very individual discussion, but i think if youve got somebody that is elderly, that has emphysema, that has significant comorbidities, i think you have to think hard about whether bringing that child into that hou household is a good idea. Theres a lot of gray here, but making sure were protecting our adults and vulnerable patients is really important. We always fold in viewer questions here and weve got one people are wondering about. Sherry kendall wants to know why are we so heavily relying on taking temperatures when so many people are asymptomatic . My own company and i know a lot of other companies as they look at bringing people back, theres talk of taking temperatures. What about that question . I think temperatures is part of the screening. I think its sort of a go, no go. If youve got a temperature, go home. Dont come into this place. Certainly youve seen in the airports across the world that thats sort of just an initial screen. What were doing before people come into our hospital, though, is asking4 urs ago . Do you have muscle aches that you really cant explain . So a temperature is just one bit of it. If you dont have a temperature but youve aches, then you shou not be around other people until you contact your doc. So i think temperature is simply a highlevel screening tool, and its no the end all, be all according to what im thinking. Right. All right. A lot of people are also asking how safe is the Dentists Office . I know dental offices around the bay area are just starting to reopen after making a lot of modifications. Do you think thats safe, or do you think people should still hold off . I think its safe. I think that dental offices much like hospitals have looked literally under every square inch. What are the ways to make this safer for patients . How do we protect the staff . How do we make sure the staf kar screened . How do we make sure we change the experience when a patient comes in to be as safe as possible whether its personal protective equipment, whether its the instruments they use, and whether its the cleaning between patients. So just like the Organization Im a part of, the American Academy of pediatrics has been bringing experts together since this struck. To be honest, were really modifying things in real time as more data comes in. I know that the American Dental Association has been really engaged in how do we make this as safe as possible . Having said that, an individual patient has to make that determination. Is this teethcleaning worth it, or should i wait two months . Thats a tough individual discussion, but i just know from looking nationally, quite frankly, what the ada isatheyr address safety first and foremost. All right. Well, dr. Anderson, thank you so much for taking the time today to share some of those insights. Appreciate your time and take good care. My pleasure. Well take a short break on air, but the conversation happening with george floyd. All right, folks. Welcome back. This is where im going to just talk to you a little bit because we are waiting for our next guest to join us. Youre going to really love it because if youve ever thought about taking a coding class, this is a great opportunity offered by a bay area group. It is free, and they have outstanding folks, including engineers from Silicon Valley, entrepreneurs coming in to before they met on campus at facebook, but now its virtual, and its easier than easy for you to also sign up for the next session of their classes, which is starting very soon in just a few weeks, iee ink o twso im going to tell you abou that. I also want to hear your thoughts about what is happening right now. We have a protest actually happening in san jose right now. I dont know if we have that up yet. But people are marching, conveying how they feel about the death of george floyd, who was held down by an officers knee, and he said i cannot breathe. He was on his neck. And eventually he passed out, and he died. And its really asked this nation to do a lot of soulsearching and we watch that video, and even children on tiatin it, which is you know, Governor Newsom said that today. Thats how his children learned about it, came to him, asked about it. So he actually spent most of his Covid Press Conference today addressing the systematic racism that has led to such conditions. So i would love to hear from you. My producer is talking to me, so hang on. Okay. Were go hey, tunde. Here we go. All right. Thanks for sticking with us today. Were back. Shelter in place has highlighted the inequity in our education system. The ability of bay area students to learn from home varies vastly bases on students socioeconomic situation with low income students often not having the means or tools to learn from home. So one Community Group thats been working to change that and now stepping up even more is Street Code Academy based in East Palo Alto. Joining us is the founder. How is it going . Its obviously a rough time for our nation, so im thankful that youre able to highlight the good work that were trying to do. It is. It is a tough time, but you know what . Hearing about your work and the lives that have been touched by it and how they now have so many opportunities to then work to change things, thats really positive. So were going to talk about that in a bit. But, yes, youve been working to close the Digital Divide for years. You know the education landscape there. What kind of learning challenges have you seen in the community that you serve . Well, we know we started in 2014 with the premise knowing that the Digital Divide is a relevant issue. We call it a civil rights issue, people to be able to gain economic access, they need the tools and the resources. We knew that in 2014. Now in the last, you know, three months, weve seen how Important Technology is just for everyday life, right . Youre talking about the Educational Opportunities that have now i dont want to call them opportunities, but really challenges that have happened since covid, and its highlighted in the Sequoia School district. In the first month, 10 thats over 1,000 students could not even or did not even log in to this shelter in place educational system. So were seeing that the lack of resources, Technology Resources specifically, affects school, but we know it affects social life. We know it affects your spiritual life. You cant go to church. You can barely shop without having access to technology. So what are you doing to close that gap and get a laptop into as many hands as possible . Thank you for highlighting that initiative. We are we were inperson classes. We hosted Community Classes for the last five years, and when covid hit, we needed to m our into online and immediately we found half of our students didnt even have the tools in their own house to be able to access our online. So when we saw when we combined that along with the broader issue of what technology has to do, we said, lets get laptops in every home. Why are we in the shadows of Silicon Valley and there are still homes, 9,000 to be exact in san mateo county, who do not have the Proper Technology inside their homes . So weve launched a t get 2,500 laptops into those homes, to underrepresented minorities who have so much to offer not just with their educational expense but as innovators to this broader society. Right. So i know youve already gotten some support from some big companies, but you do need all of us, the bay area community, to pitch in, right . How can people help with that . Well, thank you. I mean i look at you, and you have a wonderful laptop, and youre an inspiration to so many. Im picturing a day when you give one of your laptops that you use or maybe one that you dont use anymore off to a next person. Im imagining that laptop being handed off to a next youngster who looks up to you, who may want to follow in your shoes, and now they have one of your old laptops. Our challenge is to say the Unused Technology in our homes and also in our companies, how can we repurpose them now and get them channeled into these and really wt to make something happen with technology. Go to streetcode. Us more information. Were asking individuals and companies to partner with us to close that gap. I saw on the video you already handed out some laptops. With those laptops, the kids or even adults can take your coding classes. I know they cover the gamut, you know, wide range from python to video production, everything. Tell us about the classes that are about to launch and whether people can sign up for free. Well, our sister carly, im sad shes not able to join this. Shes the director of all of our programs in that sense. So we have programs, we have programs in coding, programs in entrepreneurship, and design. Those are all free sixweek classes that you can go on. Everything from learning how to code to learning how to build a game to, you know, learning how to build your own app. Those are all programs that we have, six weekshe o streetcode. Us. Definitely going to check it out. Youre never too old to start learning how to code. I think i might have to do it too. I know youve been trying to talk me into it for years, so i will have to overcome my fear. I really appreciate you being here because we also want to talk about something very serious. You talked about how bridging the Digital Divide, that is part of civil rights because we need everybody to be part of the conversation to talk about how to change things. Really sad whats happening across the country, protests o h bubeesh ivw. E af theicfi. Ois highway 101 in san jose where the freeway is shut down as protesters kind of take over that stretch of the freeway. Many of them, theyre on foot of course, carrying signs. Some say black lives and demanding justice. And this is all happening in san jose. So if youre headed down that way on 101, know that your commute may be temporarily interrupted. And i think carly is also going to join us. We are ptu from san jose. Duto the protest the death of george floyd in minnesota by police. Eyre crying signs, and he pntha both an unnecessary murder, and they say its a manifestation of longheld racism that needs to end in this country. And im glad we had already planned today to talk about Street Code Academy in East Palo Alto, which has been working to bridge the Digital Divide and provide new opportunities for africanamericans, latinos, many of them in East Palo Alto and menlo park and redwood city area. Carly jones also joins us nowf you have had a lot of conversations since George Floyds killing. I wantth dehe protest,t d you think all the people down there are feeling . What are you feeling right now . What are all the different emotions going through your head . Yeah, no, i couldnt said it better than tunde. Its an overwhelming, almost e, grief and rage and feeling of misunderstanding and tired, just exhaustion honestly. Thats how im feeling. I cant speak for everybody, but i can imagine thats how some of the protesters out there are also feeling today. What happened is an injustice thats been continuing since, yes, as far back as slavery. As tunde said, this is a modernday lynching, and we have every right to grieve as we please, i believe, a american people. And itasy t mth unar while a wr st and charged. Do you think this is kind of a representation of the buildup from that and many other incidents . Oh, of course. Of course. Theres breonna taylor, who was 26 years old, killed in kentucky with a noknock warrant. Right here on my wall, i have eric garner. This was in 2014, and he was gunned down. He was the first man on camera, black man on camera who said i cant breathe. He was the first person we watched die and say that. Here we are six years later and its happening again almost on the anniversary. So its definitely a buildup on countless events that not all aioh ese, a tured. Thon youknow, when we zoomed in tight, ive seen people shaking hands. Ive seen people waving, and that is that is very positive that thats what were seeing here in the bay area. That is not the case across the country. But what do we each need to do . What can we do to have the tough conversations of addressing where that comes from that you would put a knee on a mans neck as hes saying i cant breathe, and what leads to that, and what can stop it . Kristen yeah, go ahead. Let me try and make just one point. I believe you were talking about the photo that was captured, when we did a march for ahmaud. You saw what happened when people come together. It is true that people are getting their voice up because theyre fed up of generations anderions ofy adesdacism and. We collabored a worked together to address it. Ass f naral. Nt had a te eort to thats whats going to happen. But i want to also say at the same time, people are getting through this and coping, and we think about africanamericans who have dealt with generations of trauma and are still contributing to every part of Society Despite the inequity. Its because when we come together, we bring a sense of joy. Its because we come together, were shaking hands and were hugging. So not everything thats going on right now things that we see on tv. There are people in households. There are people everywhere that are being comforting to each other, that are praying, that are walking, that are discussing what to do next. And when we come together at street code, were thinking, what could we do to make this better . We are not just expressing emotion. We get angry, and we get sad. But were trying to channel that to be constructive. And so we say how can we address not just the inequity in criminal justice . How do we address the inequity thats dealing with economics, dealing in education, dealing in criminal justice . Theres so many ways that we can, like you said before, goi on hold right now because okay. You can see that car away after having its rear windshield busted out by some of the protesters. We saw a protester go up to oh, it looks like this man, this driver who had his windshield busted out is now screaming at police. I notice he stopped near the chp, across from them. He is yelling right now. Folks, if youre just joining us here, weve been covering this developing situation in san jose on highway 101. A protest over the death of george floyd in minnesota has led to the shutdown of 101 there near alum rock. La