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Liberty_Prime 56 points ago +58 / -2

Friend of mine just got the koof. He's 50 and lives a sedentary life. Lost his smell ant taste for about 30 hours. Slight cold symptoms. That was about it for him.

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JudicialDredd 38 points ago +39 / -1

Close one.

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thisguy883 24 points ago +25 / -1

I had got the Coof and I told my friend that I had a 0.06% chance of dying.

He said he would pray for me.

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Chachiex 8 points ago +10 / -2

10% chance of dying of vaccine if over 65.

Hmmnn

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Kweebecker 3 points ago +3 / -0

All fairness, prayer on its own has about a 0.06% chance success rate, so basically, he just made you immortal. You should thank him.

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pente1776 1 point ago +1 / -0

... pray for you to what ? ? ?

Did you owe him money?

Sorry I gendered him.

.... oh shit sorry.

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CelesteD 5 points ago +5 / -0

Yeah he could've caved and got the shot :p

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Kweebecker 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yeah, more than 48 hours with no sense of taste and you run the risk of deciding the eat healthy since you can't taste it anymore. Crisis averted though.

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ericcart 11 points ago +11 / -0

Ive become skeptical there even is a virus but people frequently talk about losing their smell and taste. What did he say those symptoms were like? I lose my sense of smell when I have a cold/flu (blocked sinuses) and I think if I watched TV and had an osmotic mind I could be convinced I also lost my sense of taste (along with a host of other symptoms). .

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dakin116 12 points ago +12 / -0

I lose the ability to smell or taste at for at least a week every year from allergies...

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Pede3 6 points ago +7 / -1

Same. I most likely had the coof last Mar (no testing but multiple coworkers tested pos). First symptom was the worst backache that I've ever had, followed by extreme tiredness. I never lost taste or smell beyond normal allergy level, but had no desire to eat anything.

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thisguy883 6 points ago +7 / -1

The thing is, some of the medication that doctors give out to treat symptoms causes you to lose your sense of smell and taste.

That was my experience when I had a bad cold and the doctor prescribed me some nasal spray. I couldn't taste or smell anything for a week, except the awful flavor of that medicine.

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Liberty_Prime 3 points ago +4 / -1

He said things changed. Fresh air smelled like ozone. Tea tasted like burnt wood. Craft beer tasted like water.

It was a general loss of the senses he enjoyed.

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ericcart 4 points ago +6 / -2

Interesting. Not saying it is, but could it be psychosomatic? I believe well over 15% of people these days lack the physiological self awareness and intellectual self defense to dismiss an authoritative assertion that they have certain symptoms , illnesses, traits etc. If a person gets "covid" and the doctors, relatives, TV, media etc all tell that person its very serious and these are the symptoms, at least 15% will believe they have them and tell people they do. IMO

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alfredbester 1 point ago +1 / -0

It was this beer wasn't it?

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worldowedexplanation 2 points ago +2 / -0

I’ve lost my sense of smell and taste twice from the regular flu, it’s a pretty normal occurrence. At the time my doctor was not remotely concerned.

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KekistanPM 1 point ago +1 / -0

Friend of mine is also sedentary and has preconditions. Lost his taste for about a week, but came out of it just fine.

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smart_bitcoin 1 point ago +1 / -0

Ivermectin