Doesn’t matter for the average person.
If age less than 65 and no significant comorbidity then not worth taking Tamiflu for the flu or Paxlovid for Covid.
Symptomatic care works just as well for most.
Then there is this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPtH43VmvJI
SNL skit: Get a free break by testing positive for covid.