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Lost my sense of taste due to rona. Cooking was the only thing I was passionate about. It's been 2 months now and still no taste. Anybody else had this?

>> No.15699264

Bro that sucks... pouring out my monster ultra for your loss

>> No.15699410

>>15699247
Yeah bro. Its comes back eventually. Just takes hella months. Foods finally starting to have taste again 6 months later.

>> No.15699420

>>15699247
10 months here and still nothing. I reckon mine's not coming back :(

>> No.15699444

>>15699247
Should've worn a mask faggot

>> No.15699451

>>15699247
My aunt had it and she lost hers for only a week.

>> No.15699470

>>15699247
>be me, 26 year old healthy man
>work physically demanding job
>get covid, weakness and fatigue last months, have thousands in medical bills from ER visit when I couldn't breathe
>boomer co-workers get covid too
>they don't even get symptoms
>claim virus is democrat hoax

Why is life so unfair bros?

>> No.15699475

>>15699247
genuinely curious - what is the lack of sensation like? Are you now unable to tell if something is salty/sweet/bitter? Or is the olfactory aromatic taste sensation that is gone?

>> No.15699487

>>15699247
i had sinus polyps that took away my sense of taste and smell for about a year

>> No.15699492

>>15699444
You're still going to catch it regardless if you don't spend all day indoors away from everyone. That's how flu like viruses work.

>> No.15699503

>>15699470
Kek never worn a mask. Never got sick except for a slight stomach bug. I'm starting to think this country is full of psychosomatic retards

>> No.15699518

>>15699470
Sounds you have shittier genetics from being a mutt subhuman

>> No.15700291

>>15699503
im starting to believe the more you know its fake the less chance you'll catch it

>> No.15700299

>>15699247
>getting psyop'd into manifesting symptoms

>> No.15700462

Perhaps you can still taste/feel something from spicy foods? I watched a video about a guy in a similar situation. Your sense of taste will return soon, so have hope and hang in there fren.

>> No.15700480

Why you lose your interest for cooking

>> No.15700494

>>15699444
yeah that coffee stained single use mask that spends most of the time on the floor of your car under fast food wrappers will surely keep the china flu at bay

>> No.15700536

>>15700291
I know you're joking, but that might not be far from the truth.

There's a decent chance that most of the so-called "long haul" COVID patients are just suffering from psychosomatic symptoms induced by extreme anxiety and an overexposure to the false narratives spread by liberal media. It's not the most well-studied area of medicine, but there's certainly evidence to suggest that a person who truly believes himself to be incurably ill will experience subjective symptoms similar to what he believes his illness will cause.

>> No.15700616

>>15699247
>>15699410
>>15699420
Same here guys. It's been two months and I'm so sick of it. I made my living before as a sommelier. If I don't get my sense of smell back, I can't go back to work in my field.

I've read that people who do "smell therapy"/"smell training" have quicker return on their senses over a control group. Pick some things that have a strong, familiar smell and spend maybe 30 seconds on each per day. Sniff it hard, think really hard about what you remember it smelling like. Do several per day and do some every day, but you can and should rotate in new scents. The going idea on the physiology of it is that inflammation from the infection in the sinuses actually destroys the neural pathways that interpret smells as senses you can identify, so you need to rebuild those pathways. I've read that some people have those neural pathways rebuilt wrong and previously pleasant smells start to smell like puke or metallic.

When I started doing this, I started recuperating some smells. At first just strong things like white vinegar, ground cinnamon, peanut butter. I'm starting to get more things. Today I drank a blackberry porter and I could smell the berry on the beer (could not smell the beer itself).

>>15699475
It's weird. At first I could only taste only basic ideas - I can taste sugar easily, I can taste/feel sour, I can taste salt somewhat. I still cannot really taste bitterness or savory. At first I could not feel the burn of capsaicin but now I can. Most of flavor is aroma, so you lose all nuance - vanilla cake and spice cake taste the same because they're both sweet, but I can't register the spices. I couldn't tell you the difference between broths made with chicken or with beef or with seafood, only that it's hot and salty.

The only thing I have reliably tasted the entire time has been chocolate, which was a lifesaver during the early weeks to have just one thing I could still taste like I remembered. Losing senses is emotional.

>> No.15700696

My dad got covid and he said his sense of taste is mostly gone, but the thing that kills him most is that coffee now tastes absolutely disgusting to him. He used to enjoy coffee and drink it every day. I feel bad for him.

>> No.15700703

>>15699247
Nigga I got my taste back after 2 1/2 weeks. I will pray for you in the case you are not a leftypol cuckboi, if not, fuck off.

>> No.15700747

>>15700494
You're supposed to replace them each time you fucking numbskull.

Biden won btw.

>> No.15700748

>>15700696
This is happening to me. I am still drinking it every day hoping to go back to normal and reassociate it with the roasty goodness I love. I'm >>15700616 and I think it has to do with what I can/can't taste so far - since I can taste sour, but can't taste bitter, my coffee tastes sour and underextracted now even when others say it's fine. It sucks.

>> No.15700769

I haven't tried this cos I've never had rona but it seems like it might work to get taste back. Good luck OP

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeMjpw5r/

>> No.15700778

>>15700536
Imagine being gay and retarded

>> No.15700836

Imagine getting memed into losing your sense of taste by a hoax
Couldn't be me
T. Tested positive for that shit, had a slight coof and fever for a few days

>> No.15700849

COVID is real, but it’s man made and was deliberately released to bring about the great reset. Meanwhile I don’t like the taste of vinegar any more after catching it in Doha.
Guess what I’m more pissed off about?

>> No.15701062

>>15699247
had a pretty long recovery, it came back about month 3. 6 months to fix the fatiuge, but that just might be my dumbass not having money to buy real food for awhile

>> No.15701069

>>15700494
itt- anon doesn't understand having different clothes or doing laundry

imagine the smell

>> No.15701127

>>15700849
having had to go to that desert shithole

>> No.15701135

>>15699247
>he believes rona is real
>gets it
lmao no. I don't believe in fairy tales, haven't bothered with the cuck masks either and can still taste your mother's pussy just fine

>> No.15701144

its not bad you could be a nigger in africa starving and not knowing what taste is

>> No.15701154

>>15699247
Mine was gone for about a week. Never had such total loss of smell and taste like that before. I get your depression OP. My smell and taste still isnt 100% but it slowly started coming back.

>> No.15701171

>>15701154
I'm jealous of people who have an experience like this. My boyfriend and I got it at the same time - he was better in four days and only lost taste/smell for two weeks, while I laid on the couch for over a week too weak to move and months later still can't smell or taste.

I have asthma, so I knew if we got it my experience would be worse than his. When a person with asthma gets sick, they get seriously fucked up sick.

>> No.15701185

>>15699264
“pouring out” drinks is a nigger practice, don’t do that.

>> No.15701189

>>15701185
This, you better be pouring that shit into a saucepan

>> No.15701191

>>15699518
But mutts have better genetics from pulling from multiple heritages

>> No.15701213

>>15701191
don't try to argue with someone whose genetic legacy contains generations of kissing cousins, anon. Its like bickering with a cleft lipped brick wall

>> No.15701214

>>15701191
This. Diversity is strength.

>> No.15701218

>>15699247
should've wore a mask retard

>> No.15701223

>tfw I'm Aussie and have no covid here anymore
>tfw I can taste my VB and pub pie cuisine in confidence

>> No.15701227

This thread made me smile.

Wear your masks, you fucking cunts.

>> No.15701236

>>15701191
>>15701213

pretty much came here to say this. arguing with racists on 4chan is like trying to explain math to pond scum, what's the point they'll never get it

>> No.15701308

>>15701227
I dont think they help all that much desu. I wore a kn95 anytime i went indoors and still got it. Thise shit 2 ply ones that arent even form a seal i imagine are worthless

>> No.15701335

>>15699247
Not myself, but a friend. It gradually came back after four months I think, so don't give up yet.

>> No.15701342

>>15700536
>There's a decent chance
Idiot. Long covid was already a thing before it was a topic in the west.

>> No.15701344

>>15701308
XD

Blame the chinks and the society, you worthless piece of shit.

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>>15701227
>Spacing

>> No.15701356

>>15699444
Imagine being a year into this shitshow and STILL not understanding that masks aren't supposed to protect you from getting infected, but others FROM you.

>> No.15701363

>>15701227
>>15701308
Just how retarded are you people? See >>15701356

>> No.15701377

>>15701356

DING DING DING

Unless you are going out in a hazmat suit and doing a full decon after you get home then the point isn't to protect yourself specifically, it's to limit community spread by doing your part to insure YOU aren't spreading it

>> No.15701393

>>15701377
Kn95 and n95 masks are literally designed to block particles of that size dummy. Theres literally no nuance with you blockheads.

>> No.15701396

>>15699470
You are just weak. Your genetics suck. Consider yourself lucky not to have died.

>> No.15701409

>>15701350
I am not the one who lost his sense of taste due to wuhan virus,

seething kekdit boy.

>> No.15701421

>>15701393

if they are properly fitted and tested, and you do the fitting and testing every month or so

this also disregards other forms of spread aside from aerosolization

>> No.15701423

>>15701191
This is true, but I doubt that anon will actually believe it. Thats why mutt dogs have less chances of genetic disorders than pure bread.

>> No.15701427

>>15699247
You should probably get into heroin now. If I couldn't enjoy food I would have no source of pleasure left.

>> No.15701432

>>15701393
What other Anon said plus, you're not covering your eyes and ears.

Wow, people actually are this retarded. I'm baffled.

>> No.15701455

>>15701432
They havent conclusively proved shit about viral viability and transmission via routes other than respiratory. Im so sick of arm chair covid experts. Same with the mask studies. The trends all follow the same pattern whether there were lockdown restrictions or not. Im not even a covid hoaxer or anything, its just the data theyre running with is paper thin

>> No.15701464

>>15701185
Don't worry I won't ever be pouring out any for a fart knocker like you.

>> No.15701472

>>15701356
If everyone wears it, everyone protects everyone from themselves and in turn protects themselves from getting infected. But I guess you can't really expect that in countries where people don't typically wear masks when they're sick (before coronachan)

>> No.15701486

>>15701455
>They havent conclusively proved shit about viral viability and transmission
Yeah hurrrr they haven't even shown a video of a virus actively infecting a cell yet. This is a brainlet argument. Virus gets in mucus -> virus makes more copies exponentially faster than your immune system can keep up -> you got it. It's that easy.

>>15701472
That's true. I guess it's too much of a cultural change and people are on average too dumb to recognize a danger that they can't see with their eyes.

>> No.15701488

>>15699247
>lost sense of taste
I would rather cut off one of my hands

>> No.15701490

>>15699247
Lol wait? So assuming you a) actually had Covid b) lost your taste and smell c) and whatever caused it hasn't been cured yet you do realize people are passionate about cooking FOR FUCKING OTHERS RIGHT? It's not about stuffing your fat fucking face you piece of shit. Imagine if international cuisine was only based on gratifying yourself? Fucking McKill Yourself you fucking larping bastard you give chiefs a bad name with your bat flu nonsense.

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>>15701490
you okay, anon?

>> No.15701516

>>15701486
There has to be a viral threshold large enough to become symptomatic, have an immune response or even test positive. The viral load needed to form an infection from forms other than respiratory inhalation is still inconclusive. I remember reading these studies. Some said days others said not very good viability outside of droplet. Yes, i understand science is about conflicting opinions, but honestly with the major issues modern science has with reproducing results its hard to not take everything with a massive grain of salt.

>> No.15701599

>>15699247
Quit being a bitch or quit living. Pussy little cuck faggot.

>> No.15701618

>>15701171
Sorry for your situation OP. Cooking is probably my biggest passion as well so the thought of my smell and taste never returning really scared me and made me pretty down even just for those 2 weeks or so. I thought about it though and made the decision that if it never returned i would throw my weight more fully into another hobby. Hope it returns. I know how you feel.

>> No.15701632

>>15701516
I completely agree with you Anon, im actually a scientist myself and witnessed the problem several times first-hand. But
>The viral load needed [...] is still inconclusive
doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

>> No.15701648

>>15701493
No I'm not. We've lost two years so far due to faggots like OP

>> No.15701665

>>15701632
Fair enough anon. Im not a scientist but did some med school courses and now work in med device. I just wish there was more nuance when it came to the junction of science, politics and policy. In this past year its turned into pants on fire panic. I see elderly people wearing face shields with no mask and thinking theyre safe from shit and scorning no mask people when theyre effectively doing the same thing. Its become more of this religious moral issue for these people. Media reporting on science cant just tell people, yea we dont really fully know because the "i fuckin love science crowd" doesnt actually know how science works and demands dogma instead of "ehh this is what it could be based on this mechanism and these conditions" while the media gladly picks and chooses what "science" they want to preach.

>> No.15701745

>>15701665
>I just wish there was more nuance when it came to the junction of science, politics and policy
We all do. I mean those of us who still have some integrity left. I don't even know where all of this is really coming from, but we do have departments for "equality" now (where only women can apply I shot you not) that tell us how to write, do, and run things. If among 10 applications there is a woman or someone with disabilities, we have to invite them no matter what. All texts have to be written in their approved ay of addressing gender and departments have to pay fines if they don't employ at least one person with disabilities.
It's a fucking joke really, all grant farming and circle-jerking h-indices. They even know who peer-reviews their papers now.
>dont really fully know because the "i fuckin love science crowd" doesnt actually know how science works and demands dogma instead of "ehh this is what it could be based on this mechanism and these conditions" while the media gladly picks and chooses what "science" they want to preach.
True. I see this as a consequence of watering down the education system in what feels like a deliberate attempt to keep the public incapable of informing themselves. Same thing for journalism imo. Really depressing to think about.
But what do against all of this?

>> No.15701754

>>15701665
>>15701745
Based reasonable posters.

>> No.15701777

>>15699247
Not corona, but I had shingles inside my mouth (seriously) that mangled my sense of taste. Everything tasted like puke for like 6 months. That shit recovers, but really really slowly.

>> No.15702017

>>15700616
>I made my living before as a sommelier. If I don't get my sense of smell back, I can't go back to work in my field.
Good, frauds don't deserve employment.

>> No.15702226

>>15700616
>Losing senses is emotional.

Sorry you're going through this. I haven't had taste issues, but my hearing got fucked up in one ear, probably permanently, and honestly the psychological part is harder to deal with than the actual hearing part

>> No.15702347

>There is a deadly invisible virus everywhere and everyone is a potential carrier and all human contact of any kind spreads it and we have to have zero infection cases. The vaccine reduces infection cases, but we have to get to absolute zero. This is unachievable because people are incapable of following these rules, and if they did actually follow these rules, there would be no food, because supply chains still require human contact of some kind.

>> No.15702397

>>15700616
>losing senses is emotional
Agreed
>>15702226
Are you me? I recently lost most of the hearing in my left ear in a shooting accident. It’s been a really tough few weeks.

>> No.15702421

>>15701363
>>15701377
How do you know you aren't infected?

>> No.15702448
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>>15701377
>DING DING DING

>> No.15702453

>>15699247
>Lost my sense of taste due to rona. Cooking was the only thing I was passionate about. It's been 2 months now and still no taste. Anybody else had this?
Supposedly Prince Charles never got it back, and he's at 12mo now since his recovery.

Keep inflammation down in your sinuses, maybe a routine Flonase regimen or other steroid. Research and focus your diet on precursor foods in nutrition, ie brain foods, and maybe the pathways can be rebuilt in time. I'm sorry anon. Covid virus goes from the nose, right to the brain and the inflammatory response to the invader wrecks your cells.

I would say continue eating all types of flavors, far reaches of the spectrum, bold horseradish, fermented pickles, super sour, super bitter, and maybe new cells will get some training. If your dental or sinnus health sucks, get on top of that, too.

>> No.15702471

>>15699470
>have thousands in medical bills from ER visit when I couldn't breathe
This is why I hate my insurance with the stupid $6600 copay annually, which I always nearly entirely pay out year after year, but not quite enough for IRS deduction. But, my horrible copy is balanced with 100% after that. Those partial 60/40 and 70/30 policies my coworkers and friends pick, with dangled free doctor checkups can come back to bite you from any emergency or any diagnosis. A 30% of 1,000,000 adds up if you had 1 day in the ICU or some minor surgery. I had a possible sinus infection last year, really minor, and that jackass ENT aimed a camera up my nose and billed my insurance 12k with 2 surgery codes, and they passed the cost to me. Buhbye copay yet agan. Working anywhere with inferior insurance is not worth it. Walk into any Blue Cross or other local provider and self-insure better than your employer

As a last resort, in a couple of years of minimal payments, if the bill is truly horribly unfair prices, consider a bankruptcy to get away from it. There's your free advice, kiddo.

>> No.15702487

>>15699492
>>>15699444
>You're still going to catch it regardless if you don't spend all day indoors away from everyone. That's how flu like viruses work.
That isn't true. You catch viruses from other sick people and the places they visited, duh. If you live in a multi-unit dwelling like a skyrise, good luck from avoiding public elevator lifts, handrails, buttons, stale hallways, and homes with some kind of shared HVAC and ventilation returns, etc. But if you live with your family in suburbia, wipe down your delivered groceries with wipes (or keep them in the garage for a couple of days first), you'll be alright.
Right now, New England is filled with wealthy people from the cities hiding out in their weekend vacation homes. If you stay out of the grocery and cook everything at home, you can outlast exposure to the contagion. The vaccines will help some if the variants don't get too strong too fast.

>> No.15702489

>>15701648
>waaaahh you have to still like cooking if there's no payoff!
You're an angry little cuckold

>> No.15702502

>>15701069
>imagine the smell
guess he has to imagine it now

>> No.15702517

>>15702453
>Supposedly Prince Charles never got it back, and he's at 12mo now since his recovery.
fuck that guy anyway

>> No.15702524

>>15701377
>doing a full decon after you get home
I do this.
Depending on what exposure I had, from going to a busy store or hours around people at work, I am full decon at home. It is ideally full head to toe decon, shampoo'd and showered, vigorously blowing my nose in the shower, if not even saline rinsing it. Always I use a fresh unused towel from my linen closet, absolutely nothing that wasn't hung on a rack or returned to a rack, straight to the hamper. My shoes are left outside my house, and I change into fresh clothes, brush teeth, listerine rinse, the whole kaboodle. If I want to pet or kiss my greeting dog, it waits til I'm done.
If my exposure was like opening a bunch of Amazon deliveries stored up to open at once in my garage, I maintain a sterile field kind of mentality. I might do a few minutes of something nasty like yard work, wiping down my car handles and steering wheel, or washing down a deck or simply handing dirty laundry into the washer. I might then attack the boxes, putting wrappings in trash and recycle before bringing items in the pantry or house, then I might partially shower off all exposed surfaces, skip the hair if I didn't leave my house. Isn't everyone being this careful? It's all common sense.

>> No.15702550

>>15702524
Asian hands typed this

>> No.15702564

>>15702524
>vigorously blowing my nose in the shower, if not even saline rinsing it
i guess you're ok

>> No.15702639

>>15702421
That's the point. We don't. You can test and know that you didn't have it before the test, but that's it.

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>>15700536
It's a mutation of SARS, something that already existed before it was called covid.
It's already mutated into region specific strains.
Why would it be fake?

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>>15702502
underrated post

>> No.15702833

>>15701227
no and you literally cannot do a thing about it. seethe bitch.

>> No.15702978

>>15701745
I don't really know. My hope is that these institutions become ossified and dry up as the quality of scientific output continues to decline, but cynically I thinj the masses will just accept this and continue as usual even as their institutions totally fail them. You cant have this rigid censorship and predetermined outcome planning and still have good science, but i think the powers that be would rather have narrative control over a better world.

Im a bit of a collapse fag. I think the only way things improve is after this system entirely fails and paralel institutions start to pop up. My fear is that these paralell institutions already exist but they are in places like china.

>> No.15703985

>>15699247
I wonder how it will be like, is it like eating things unseasoned?

>> No.15704130

>>15703985
Imagine if your delicious slice of pizza just taste like solid water

>> No.15704138

>>15699444
checked and kekd

>> No.15704544

>>15702448
kek. I had a similar image in my head when I read that

>> No.15704553

>>15699247

Great then you will now love British food!

>> No.15704811

>>15701185
I've only ever heard this sentiment from alcoholics.

>> No.15704825

>>15701191
True in dogs but not true in humans; some human ethnic groups have more genetic distance than wolves have to foxes, let alone domestic dog breeds.

>> No.15704852

>>15701185
everyone on /ck/ is black

>> No.15704965

>>15704825
how does that disprove what he said?

>> No.15704985

>>15699247
Six months and still recovering. Still can't smell too good, but taste is getting better. It takes time, but you'll get better.

>> No.15705004

Covid isn't real.

You had the flu.

>> No.15705036

>>15700536
half of the people that say they got it I know irl are the typical drama queens that think the reason the run out of breath after heavy activity now is because coof reduced their lung capacity not because they're exhausted now it's undoubtedly true to some degree

>> No.15705064

>>15705004
has anyone explained how regular flu was miraculously eradicated this year. genuine question
>inb4 masks did it to a 99.9999% success rate but can't stop coof for shit

>> No.15705183

>>15704965
Because mixed race people often have health issues compared to many ethnic groupds?

>> No.15705198

glad to see i'm still posting with a bunch of BASEDboys and only a handful of cucks

>> No.15705277

>>15705064
People just did what the authorities suggested every year - proper hygiene, staying at home when sick, and masks help even more. Plus social distancing of course.

>> No.15705314

>>15701396
This

>> No.15705353

>>15705277
regular flu is down 98-99.x% depending on how you want to quantify it. I find it incredibly hard to believe half-assed measure barely enforced that a substantial minority at minimum doesn't really care about is having such sweeping success

>> No.15705367

>>15699247
you got CHANGED
fucking lmao!!!!!

>> No.15705410

god I'm glad I got vaxxed

>> No.15705710

>>15702397

I actually haven't lost any range, instead I've gained tinnitus which is really fucking up my sleep and just life in general.

Also, this actually happened about 22 months ago. But it's still here.

>> No.15705725

Kek is it just me or does food taste better than ever lately?
.t don't wear a mask, don't care, get fucked

>> No.15705729

I got it and never lost my sense of taste or smell. All I got was a fever and dry cough and was over it in three days. I feel for you, op. Must suck to have shitty genetics and a crap immune system.

>> No.15705753

>>15702639
That is not the point. Many people are infected and don't show the symptoms. They still transmit it to other people.

>> No.15705774

>>15705753
Who fucking cares at this point. You're gonna get it. Everyone is. You lose your taste, you die, or you don't. When did everyone become such pussies?

>> No.15705912

>>15702471
You don't even know how health insurance works. The number you're talking about is either a deductible or an out of pocket maximum. It's ILLEGAL in the United States for a health care plan to NOT have an out of pocket maximum. Nobody in the United States that has health insurance pays more than like 8000 a year on Healthcare even if they have millions in medical bills if they are going to hospitals that take their insurance. If you are paying 6600 a year for the out of pocket maximum on the high premium plan, you may as well just switch to the low premium plan and see if your employer has an HSA to save pre tax money, because I doubt the out of pocket maximum is much higher than 6600 on the other plan.