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[quote=Anonymous]DD is an RA this year, so we already moved her into her dorm. Move-in day for all the other students starts today so RAs were required to test Tuesday & Wednesday. DD tested positive yesterday and was sent by the RA advisor to campus health for an official test. The health center wrote her a prescription for Paxlovid and told her to start taking it ASAP. The pharmacy on campus didn't have any yesterday when she went and told her they had to get some transferred in so she could pick it up this morning.

I thought Paxlovid was reserved for those at a risk of complications from covid? DD is healthy and has no underlying conditions that would make her high risk. Our neighbor, who is in her late 50s, was given Paxlovid and it made her so sick. She had such severe diarrhea that she got dehydrated and had to be admitted to the hospital. Another friend experienced similar except he became dehydrated due to the extreme nausea from Paxlovid. He couldn't eat or drink and got dehydrated. He had to go to the ER for fluids but didn't get admitted.

Are they giving Paxlovid to everyone who tests positive now? DD has a call into her doctor to get their guidance but I'm wondering what others have experienced. DD said that the others on campus who have tested positive has also been given Paxlovid.

My wife and I are leaving with our other kids tomorrow for a vacation at a cabin. Cell reception can be iffy in that area. I'm worried she'll get sick from the Paxlovid and we'll be unreachable. Right now she said she feels fine. No fever, no fatigue, no sore throat.

Am I crazy in thinking she should just skip it?  [/quote]

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