[nanodeath]

To add to the anecdata here, I had covid for a week (bedridden but otherwise not that bad), then had a single day in which I tested negative, and then it rebounded for a week, due to Paxlovid. Sounded like it was pretty common. So that was a waste of 15 days. On the plus side, my second week was much the same as the first week as far as symptoms go.

[cavisne]

Another example is Joe Biden, who had this exact thing happen (covid twice in a row with paxlovid).

Notable because while the chance of him just catching it again from someone are not 0, but about as low as it can go (an elderly POTUS under intense medical supervision and quarantine procedures).