Petrichor. Photo by Luca Bravo on Unsplash
That's the smell of the air when it's just been raining - that fresh, energising scent that comes just after a storm. And it's gone. The citrussy waft of roasted beans as you walk past a coffee van. The sweetness of freshly cut grass. The berry-like tang of a dark glass of merlot. It's all gone, because I got Covid. If you've ever wondered what it might be like to lose your taste and smell to this virus, I'll tell you. The first couple of days of the infection weren't too bad. It was a general weirdness to start with, like something just wasn't quite right. Then the next day I woke up with a throat that felt as if...
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