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Covid only affects taste, not the sensation of spice heat.

• m463 3y ago
  I though it dulled super-hot.
  • Quentangle 3y ago
    From a purely anecdotal perspective, my experience was that COVID eliminated my sense of taste, and left my sense of very hot food unchanged as far as could be noticed. The result was a very unpleasant meal.
  • fernandotakai 3y ago
    nope. i had covid and lost my sense of smell/taste. i had a bottle of last dab and tried to see if the "heat" feeling also went away -- i can 100% tell you that not only it did not, but it actually felt worse because i could not taste the sauce, only the heat.
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  • teh_klev 3y ago
    To add to the sibling comments. My first hint at getting COVID was that my local takeaway curry didn't taste of anything, but the usual fiery heat was still there. I almost phoned up the shop to have a moan about them sending out this tasteless dish but realised that I might have gotten the plague. I took a rapid test and lo and behold I was positive for COVID. It took me weeks to get my sense of taste back again.
• KptMarchewa 3y ago
  On the other hand, it completely kills the wasabi/horseradish sensation.
  • ricc 3y ago
    Do you mean that tingling sensation that goes up from nose to the scalp?
    • KptMarchewa 3y ago
      Yes. I could eat spoons of horseradish and not feel anything on covid.
      • ricc 3y ago
        I see! I assume the same for onions? Onions and wasabi give me similar sensations.