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The first time I contracted COVID, the other symptoms were wild, and I gave myself even odds on dying. However I did not lose my sense of smell or taste. The s
by emchammer 3y ago
The first time I contracted COVID, the other symptoms were wild, and I gave myself even odds on dying. However I did not lose my sense of smell or taste.
The second time I contracted COVID, it was mostly just a miserable fever but I lost my smell and taste, and they still have not come back completely almost a year later.
My theory is that COVID does a random walk when eating away the brain from wherever it enters.
- hanniabu 3y agoMaybe it matters if when you originally contracted it you were breathing in through your mouth vs nose?
- soco 3y agoAnd those many who didn't lose either smell or taste were breathing through...?
- superb_dev 3y agoNot to get technical, but you can breathe through your butt (kinda…) https://www.cnet.com/science/scientists-say-mammals-can-breathe-through-their-butts-in-emergencies/ https://www.cnet.com/science/scientists-say-mammals-can-brea...
- Smoosh 3y agoInteresting. I've had several managers who could talk in a similar way.