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My daily COVID-19 journey

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A brief background:  I attended a birthday party ๐ŸŽ‰and had too much sugar aka cakes ๐ŸŽ‚ and other desserts ๐Ÿฎ that night and the day after. The attendees were all living in the same building with less than 10 people but the party was held in an enclosed flat.  Day 1 (April 1, 2021) I woke up with a sore throat. I am not new to this because I have very sensitive tonsils and they can easily get swollen whenever I consume lots of sweets and not drink enough water๐Ÿšฐ afterwards. I tried home remedies such gargling with warm salt water, consuming Strepsils every 4 hours and drinking hot water with Thieves essential oil to ease the pain but to no avail.   Day 2  The pain won’t go away so I examined my tonsils and found some white patches on the right tonsil, an indication of infection. I then decided to take an antibiotic (Co-Amoxiclav ๐Ÿ’Š). Day 3  After 3 doses of antibiotics, there were no significant changes in my condition so I changed the antibiotic to Eythromycin hoping that the pain will