I did not take Paxlovid, but not because I didn’t want to. We were not sure how long I’d had Covid and it must be given within the first five days of getting sick. I’d just started getting over a cold, so at first I thought I still had the cold. I did talk to my nurse about the situation, she agreed that I shouldn’t take it. My husband did take it and it helped him greatly! No side effects for him. (There are certainly medicines that can not be taken along with Paxlovid, so he had to stop two of his meds.)