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Drugs to decrease symptoms. that's the key. you could get a very mild case after one of these drugs. that's the game changer. and i like the pfizer better. ainsley: i want to get your response to what is happening in san francisco. they are saying five and older have to show a vaccine card in order to go a show or walk inside a restaurant that kind of thing is that necessary for 5 and above for little kids? >> deeply disturbing, ainsley is what it is. look, i wrote in "u.s.a. today" yesterday that i think that the vaccine for 5 to 11-year-olds is safe and effective but it's only been studied i...

Game changers in the fight against the pandemic. here to react is fox news medical contributor dr. marc siegel. good morning, dr. siegel. >> good morning, ainsley, great to be with you. ainsley: that news broke this morning. game changer. when will this come to the united states? >> i think that both of these drugs, the one you mentioned, the merck drug and this one the pfizer drug is called paxlovid. i think we will see these drugs in early december. i would urge the fda to really kind of accelerate this and i tell you why. first of all, the united kingdom just approved the merck drug yesterd...

Brian: what flight number? ainsley: what restaurant maybe we will meet you there. carley: that sounds great. i love that plan. and we could start eating now. and "fox & friends first," the producers, they bought me tacos and i still have some in my purse. so if you would like a purse taco. ainsley: no one gave her a cake. will. steve: in your purse. carley: next to my space heater. ainsley: got them free thursday was taco day taco bell? brian: keep things warm space heater. carley: you would know about that. ainsley: we sore glad you were born. carley: thank you. i love through say that to peo...

Out how to block that virus that enzyme in hiv. and that treatment for hiv has changed the world inhibitors. now pfizer has got one for sars coc-2 for the coves here. if that works as well as advertised that's going to be the magical tamiflu type pill. i'm more excited about that we got to get the data and look at and it got to get these things approved under an emergency reduce authorization. ainsley: i know in the u.k. the merck pill is approved. what about the pfizer pill. how long will it take them to approve that in the u.k. or does that influence what our fda does? >> i think that does, ...

Green light. pfizer says the research shows the dosage for these younger kids is one third the dose given to those over the age of 12. same vaccine, smaller dose, and it's safe and effective. also breaking this hour, chuck schumer has announced he's reached a deal with mitch mcconnell to extend the debt ceiling to december. averting another crisis like this for only two months. we'll have more on that in a moment. let's begin with the breaking news on feiser. joining me now, dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, we knew this was coming, but what does this announcement mean from pfizer. >> they're basica...