Make up Thanksgiving for us this Sunday might have to be modified, if I'm still testing COVID positive. Sigh.

@ai6yr Wow. From first symptoms to a clear test took me 8 days, which I thought was a little slow. But I'm almost 70 so I'm not as sprightly as I once was.

@shuttersparks @ai6yr 8 to 10 days matches my experience. Paxlovid probably prolong it though because of the rebound.

@janakj @ai6yr I guess I'm on the average. I took no medications. Didn't stop working either.

@shuttersparks @ai6yr You had a mild case (as did I). AI6YR had a moderate case and so used the Pax, which works great, but in a curve-flattening way: it quickly mitigates symptoms, but draws out the time to full resolution.

@janakj @ai6yr It sure didn't feel mild. The first 18 hours were the worst with a raging fever and feeling the worst I'd ever felt in my life. I would much rather have not worked but it wasn't an option. Chef in a busy restaurant on Valentine's Day weekend.

@shuttersparks @ai6yr I’m sorry to have mischaracterized it, and glad you recovered quickly. (Also, sigh the essential job nature of restaurant roles.)

@janakj @ai6yr I see you understand. Most people don't understand the restaurant biz, and that's understandable. Lol.

@janakj @ai6yr I should add that I was 5 days into it when I had to work. So I was still throwing violently positive tests and felt half dead but was able to work.

@shuttersparks @ai6yr Yeah, inasmuch as I believe everyone is going to get this thing many times, and hopefully with diminishing severity over time, it's a true failure of society that we can't even give people time to rest when they are seriously ill.

@janakj @ai6yr It is. But it's really hard to fix in my case. We have people coming who've made reservations as much as a year in advance.