Today on AirTalk, we discuss LA County's move into the yellow tier and break down other COVID-19 headlines. Also on the show, we talk with members of the Mayor’s Office Civic Memory Working Group about their key findings; analyze the rise in 'gray divorce'; and more.
DOC AMA: Los Angeles County Moves Into Yellow Tier, Biden Announces Support For Waiving Vaccine Patents
In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Annabelle De St. Maurice of UCLA/Mattel Children’s Hospital.
Today's topics include:
What to expect from restaurants and bars in the yellow tier
Read the guidance here
U.S. support for waiving intellectual property rights brings hope to global south
Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is 96% effective in teens
Moderna says its COVID-19 booster shots show promise against variants
Giving two doses of different COVID-19 vaccines could boost immune response
Pfizer seeks clearance in September for its vaccine to be used on children as young as aged 2.
How many COVID-19 deaths are acceptable in a post-pandemic world?
California reports 'breakthrough' cases after COVID vaccines
How California’s new mask guidelines differ from the CDC’s
Guest:
Annabelle De St. Maurice, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics in the division of infectious diseases and the co-chief infection prevention officer at University of California Los Angeles/Mattel Children’s hospital; she tweets
After Gates’ Divorce, We Discuss Rise in ‘Gray Divorce’ And Impact On Adult Children
Bill and Melinda Gates said Monday that they are divorcing but would keep working together at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in the world.
Their split after 27 years of marriage came as a shock to some, but it’s reflective of recent trends in so-called “gray divorce.” According to reporting in the WSJ, even though the overall U.S. divorce rate in the last few decades has gone down, it’s doubled among couples 50 and older.
And for adult children, navigating the divorce of their parents can be very difficult, despite perception that it should be “easier” than for a minor. If you got divorced over the age of 50, we want to hear from you about the experience. And if you’re an adult child of divorce, what was it like dealing with your parents split? Call us at 866-893-5722.
With files from the Associated Press
Guest:
Carol Hughes, Ph.D., licensed marriage and family therapist, collaborative divorce coach, neutral child specialist and mediator based in Laguna Hills, Orange County; she is the co-author of “Home Will Never Be the Same Again: A Guide for Adult Children of Gray Divorce” (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; June 2020)
LA City’s Initiative For A More Honest, Less Whitewashed Relationship With Its History
In 2019, Mayor Garcetti formed a panel of forty scholars, historians, architects and other cultural leaders to reassess its official relationship with its history - both the good and the bad.
The subcommittees spanned from Indigenous Land Acknowledgement and the Work of Decolonization to Monuments and Markers
Last week, the group released a 166 page report with its recommendations, which include creating a City historian position, creating a monument to the people killed in the 1871 Chinese Massacre and considering the creation of a museum dedicated to the city.
We sit down with three members of the Mayor’s Office Civic Memory Working Group to discuss initiative, from its genesis to its recommendations.
Guests:
Eric Avila, professor of history and Chicano studies at UCLA; Los Angeles historian and author of the book “The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modernist City” (University of Minnesota Press, May 2014)
Ken Bernstein, principal city planner for the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, where he oversees the city’s Office of Historic Resources, which is responsible for L.A.’s historic preservation; he also leads the department’s Urban Design Studio, which works with private development projects and major civic investments; his recent book is “Preserving Los Angeles: How Historic Places Can Transform America's Cities” (Angel City Press, April 2021)
Leslie Ito, executive director of the Armory Center for the Arts
Majority Of Americans Want Help Aging At Home, What Can The Government Do To Help?
A new poll conducted in late March by the Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research noted that 88% of the public would like to live their twilight years in their home as opposed to a long-term care facility.
And for good reason, with some long-term care facilities having a track record of health violations and mistreatment of residents, it leaves people wanting alternatives to the current systems set in place for elderly care. With that in mind-- what is the best way to achieve this?
Part of the reason families even put their elderly in a facility is due to financial restraints, with most people not being able to afford a private caretaker that can assist a family’s older relatives on a day-to-day basis.
It’s these problems that politicians have tried to address, whether it be at the federal level or the state. In the state of California, governor Gavin Newsom’s administration released a master plan for aging, a comprehensive framework that would in theory assist families that need help taking care of its elderly family members at home. This also plays in with the push for greater federal funding for at-home care, with the Biden administration looking to add a $400 billion expansion of caretaking services through his infrastructure plan.
Today on AirTalk, we talk to one of the experts who played a part in California’s master plan, as well as an expert who can speak to recent technology developments that will benefit people trying to age at home. Do you support elderly getting the chance to age at home? What policies do you think could be implemented? Join the conversation and call us at 866-893-5722.
Guests:
Donna Benton, research associate professor of gerontology at USC; she was also appointed to the Stakeholder Advisory Committee for the CA Master Plan for Aging; she tweets
Pinchas Cohen, M.D., professor of gerontology, medicine and biological sciences and dean of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at USC