How Long Did you Hold out against Covid?

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I started a Paxlovid thread last summer:

Anyone taken Paxlovid for a diagnosed Covid infection?

I came down with it on July 4th just before going to watch fireworks. Been generally isolating since. First test that day was the faintest possible “faint line” on the rapid test I took; second test (last night) the line was dark before I even got the 15-minute alarm on my phone set (and yes, the C line did show up eventually). So my doc put me on Paxlovid this afternoon. My doctor warned me to drink lots of water which I’ve been doing anyway, and recommended I take it with food (in my case,…

We had a few other Dopers chime in with their experiences.

My tl;dr: the mouth taste was bad but it seemed to work for me - would do again.