I actually contracted coronavirus back in June, which was an interesting experience.

The acute phase of the illness (fever, weakness, chills) only lasted for a few days and I never had respiratory issues or needed to go to the hospital, thankfully.

I completely lost my sense of smell and taste for nearly two months.

I ate spicy Indian chicken tikka masala, but I could only feel the texture in my mouth.

I tried to smell an open bottle of isopropyl rubbing alcohol, but I couldn't smell it whatsoever.

I was very concerned that I had permanently lost my sense of smell and taste, which would have been devastating for a foodie and overall aesthete like myself.

Thankfully, those senses came back slowly but surely, and have completely recovered at this point. I am so grateful.

A few neurological symptoms have continued to linger for me (as other people have said): head-fog, fatigue, and some mild memory issues.

It's difficult for me to determine how much of that was due to coronavirus vs. the frustration of society shutting down for so long.

Here is one piece of advice I have to share with everyone who has not had coronavirus yet:

Make sure that you are getting ample amounts of vitamin D (from supplements AND sun), C, and zinc.

Those are the "true hydroxychloroquines."

I know that so many people in our society avoid the sun like the plague, but I believe that this wrong.

We all need vitamin D, and natural sunlight is the best source of it.

Yes, you should avoid excessive sun & burning, but 15-30 minutes/day will do wonders for many people.

The first wave of coronavirus began during the cold & gloomy months of early-2020 in northern China, Europe, and the northeast US.

Many people in those locations were vitamin D deficient at that time, so that partly explains why coronavirus (and the flu) hit so hard.

Once spring came and the sun came out, people in those northern areas started to enjoy the outdoors more, and voilà - many of their vitamin D deficiencies went away for a few months along with the worst phase of the pandemic.

That is not a coincidence, folks.

In the warmer, sunny areas like the Sun Belt (where I live), the pandemic was very minor in early-2020, while northern areas were getting slammed.

People in the South often enjoy the outdoors in the winter and spring, but stay inside when it's too hot in the summer.

When does it start getting very hot in the Sun Belt? Around May and June.

Sure enough, that's when the pandemic started to hit the Sun Belt hard. That's when people stayed indoors = surging vitamin D deficiencies.

I am not implying that vitamin D is the only explanation for every twist & turn of this pandemic, but it IS a major missing link that the media & medical establishment is completely ignoring. Here's some reading material:

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200925/low-vitamin-d-levels-tied-to-higher-odds-for-severe-covid#1

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256971-the-health-benefits-of-sunlight-can-vitamin-d-help-beat-coronavirus/