My husband is an EMT and just tested positive for covid-19. I& #39;m getting my test today but I have the same symptoms as him so I& #39;m assuming I have it too. Please wear your mask, please stay home as much as possible. Read the article linked below. It& #39;s really bad out there. https://twitter.com/q0rtz/status/1327318639008071680">https://twitter.com/q0rtz/sta...

Article I mentioned so you don& #39;t have to click through: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/11/third-surge-breaking-healthcare-workers/617091/">https://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar...

I did, btw, test positive. I& #39;m now more than 10 days out from initial symptoms and feeling mostly better, but I have lost about 90% of my sense of taste and smell since November 14. Cooking is now difficult. All beverages taste like slightly alkaline or slightly acidic water.

I cannot taste: alliums of any kind, hot pepper, mustard/wasabi. Sugar I can detect a bit but it& #39;s very dull. Salt registers as a puckering on my tongue but it no longer enhances the taste of other foods. Citric acid is something I can still taste, but it& #39;s fairly bitter.

I have read that for most people their sense of taste and smell comes back after 2-4 weeks. It& #39;s only been 8 days for me so I& #39;m hoping mine comes back. Food and cooking are such an important source of joy in my life and I& #39;m frankly depressed now that I& #39;ve lost them.

Today on a whim I tried Dr. Pepper and it tastes EXACTLY like seltzer water, with maybe a slightly more oily mouth feel from the corn syrup.

Coffee tastes like baker& #39;s chocolate mixed with water.

I do a *lot* of thinking about taste and smell and this is fundamentally different from the times I& #39;ve lost smell on its own due to sinus infections. It& #39;s kind of fascinating, if infuriating.