I had a flu 3 years ago - Feb/March of 2017 - with all the symptoms they apply to COVID - fever, aches, coughing, respiratory problems (I thought I was going to get pneumonia). I lost all sense of smell and NEVER GOT IT BACK. I still have very little sense smell. I was in my early 60s and was sick about 3 weeks. I had another bad flu the next year - I went through a grocery bag full of tissues!

I can't see that COVID is any different than the flu. Plenty of people, esp elderly and compromised people, die of the flu every single year world wide. With the exact same symptoms. Only they're not REPORTING FLU ANYMORE.

So what is the difference between what I had and COVID?