If you get covid (which many of my friends seem to be doing lately), and your sole goal is to minimize risk of long-term symptoms, is it best to take paxlovid right away, or with a delay?
My current low-confidence guess is that it is best with a delay of ~2 days post symptoms. Would love critique/comments, since many here will face this sometime this year.
Basic reasoning: anecdotally, “covid rebound” seems extremely common among those who get paxlovid right away, probably also worse among those who get paxlovid right away. Paxlovid prevents viral replication but does not destroy the virus already in your body. With a delay, your own immune system learns to do this, else not as much.
If you get covid (which many of my friends seem to be doing lately), and your sole goal is to minimize risk of long-term symptoms, is it best to take paxlovid right away, or with a delay?
My current low-confidence guess is that it is best with a delay of ~2 days post symptoms. Would love critique/comments, since many here will face this sometime this year.
Basic reasoning: anecdotally, “covid rebound” seems extremely common among those who get paxlovid right away, probably also worse among those who get paxlovid right away. Paxlovid prevents viral replication but does not destroy the virus already in your body. With a delay, your own immune system learns to do this, else not as much.
Data and discussion: https://twitter.com/__philipn__/status/1550239344627027968