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Today, a friend from back east, who recently had ,posted on Facebook asking how long it will take for their smell and taste to return to normal.

I responded that it varies, but she should inform her doctor of her continuing issue with smell and taste distortion/absence because is a real risk, and the more her doctor knows, about her symptoms, the better.

She replied with "long covid?".

My friend, who has now had twice, didn't know what long covid is.

I explained it to her, and she was grateful for the info. I told her she's at risk for another infection, and the only way to prevent that is , including wearing a .

I've no clue if she will implement more robust , but at least she knows now.

Btw - the comments on this post were filled with stories of people who had it take weeks to get back, or never got it back at all. There are 28 comments so far.

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Another friend posted on Facebook the other day that they haven't been able to sleep past 4/5 am ever since they contracted for the first time a little over a month ago.

The thread was similar to the one I saw today with multiple people talking about their struggles to sleep after contracting .

This person knew about , but many people in the comments didn't. They were just living with conditions and like - kind of knowing it was related (because it came after their infection), but not knowing it had a name or that these symptoms could be signs that they have other things going on that should be addressed.

This person is also back east but in a completely different state than my other friend. How many people are living with and don't even know what that is? It's got to be in the hundreds of thousands. That's not even counting the people who DO know and are being dismissed by their medical teams or can not access medical treatment.

We are truly living in a in the U.S. with a (if you could even call it that pre ) in collapse.

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