Fauci feeling fine after mild Covid illness - suffered a rebound of Covid-19 symptoms after taking full course of antiviral Paxlovid

[Emily]

https://www.latimes.com/world-natio...m/fauci-says-covid-19-recovery-220223018.html
Fauci says his COVID-19 recovery is an ‘example’ of vaccine protections
Associated Press
June 23, 2022 3:02 PM PT

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, says his COVID-19 recovery is an “example” for the nation of the protection offered by vaccines and boosters.
Speaking during a White House briefing, Fauci, 81, said he began experiencing virus symptoms June 14 and tested positive a day later. The next day, he was prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid, which has proven to be highly effective at preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19 in high-risk patients.
“I’m still feeling really quite fine,” Fauci said Thursday, as the administration emphasized the protection offered by vaccines to people of all ages...

 

[Mary Wilson]

Fauci Suffers Covid Symptom Rebound After Course of Pfizer’s Paxlovid

June 29, 2022, 8:22 AM CDT

By Riley Griffin

Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, suffered a rebound of Covid-19 symptoms after taking Pfizer Inc.’s antiviral Paxlovid.

Despite being fully vaccinated and twice-boosted, Fauci contracted Covid earlier this month and was prescribed Paxlovid due to his age -- 81 -- which puts him at high risk of developing complications.

“After I finished the five days of Paxlovid, I reverted to negative on an antigen test for three days in a row,” Fauci said Tuesday during an event at Foreign Policy’s Global Health Forum. “And then on the fourth day, just to be absolutely certain, I tested myself again. I reverted back to positive.”

Scores of patients have reported the phenomenon, often called Covid rebound or Paxlovid rebound, of returning symptoms after taking a full course of Pfizer’s drug.

... However, Fauci said he started taking a second course of Paxlovid after experiencing symptoms “much worse than in the first go around.” ...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...s-pfe-paxlovid

 

[Emily]

That's really bad news. I think of him as being extremely fit with excellent health habits - maybe 20 years younger in 'real age' than his chronological age. He does push himself too hard, though, according to an interview with his wife I read awhile back. He doesn't sleep much, so I hope someone with knowledge about using high does melatonin in Covid reaches out to the family if he doesn't turn around soon.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation...tom-rebound-after-course-of-pfizers-paxlovid/
Like many others, Fauci suffers COVID symptom rebound after course of Pfizer’s Paxlovid

June 29, 2022 at 1:50 pm Updated June 29, 2022 at 1:50 pm

By Riley Griffin
Bloomberg News
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Scores of patients have reported the phenomenon, often called COVID rebound or Paxlovid rebound, of symptoms returning after a full course of Pfizer’s drug. While Pfizer Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said in May that doctors could prescribe a second course of treatment to such patients, U.S. drug regulators have said there’s no evidence that a repeat will help.

However, Fauci said he started taking a second course of Paxlovid after experiencing symptoms “much worse than in the first go-around.” Now near completion of the five-day oral treatment, he said he was still enduring symptoms but felt “reasonably good.”...