Finally came down with Covid on Feb. 1 (never received a shot) and the worst part of it it all was the fever. I ended up taking Pavloxid which helped the symptoms tremendously. I was more afraid of the rising temps so I never would have chanced not taking anything. The only effects still: taste hasn’t come back 100% but it never disappeared completely, dreams are a a bit whacky and not remembered.
I read that Paxlovid mady Fauci quite ill. My experience has been that taking one or two grams of Vitamin C every few hours will drop fever by about 2 degrees, but leave the fever high enough to fight virus. Glad the medicine helped you. Zinc will help the taste come back.