I hear alot of discussion happening about whether or not Covid will likely kill or hospitalize you, which would seem highly unlikely if unvaccinated and young with no preexisting conditions. However, how likely is it for young adults and teens to acquire long covid symptoms such as brain fog, decreased lung capacity, erectile dysfunction, ongoing fatigue, organ damage, etc? How does the risk increase/decrease with age? How severe do these symptoms tend to be and how long lasting?
I also know a girl who is 25 who lost her sense of taste and smell due to covid to regain it months later but heavily altered. She now finds meat to taste and smell horrible despite loving to eat it earlier. What would cause this and how likely is this to occur? I don't want covid to turn me into a vegan.
I am not worried about dying but I dont really want to suffer brain damage and destroy my smell/taste. But, if you can get covid even with a vaccine, do vaccines even protect against these and are their own risks outweighed by the potential of Long Covid symptoms?
Hope to hear from you anons as I look into this too tonight.