COVID-19 rebound in people who have recovered from the disease is not due to an impaired immune response, according to a small study of patients treated with and without Paxlovid.
The study sought to examine whether a weakened immune system, possibly because of treatment, caused a resurgence of symptoms in patients treated with the drug. Researchers found that patients who tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 and who were thought to have recovered experienced the rebounds for reasons not related to the immune system.
“Very early antiviral treatment was quickly suppressing the virus with a