I slipped into the darkest time of my life.
I had really disturbing thoughts that I’d rather not even type out.
Mine took 3+ weeks to come back, and coffee happened to come back “wrong” which lasted some extra weeks before resolving.
Like you, I’d be dealt a huge life blow if my taste were permanently gone / impacted.

I wish they could just drop the new vaccine this weekend. Hell, I’ll play guinea pig!
I had full anosmia in the past and have no desire to give this disease any advantages to making it permanent if / when next I get it.

With the current wave very quickly picking up steam, chances are we will be through the worst of it by the time vaccines are available / taken by those still willing to go through with it.

I think I am 4-5 shots deep at this point, and have had a natural infection once. It was horrible where I fully lose my taste for a number of weeks.
Then as taste / smell began to return some things were “wrong.”
It took months for coffee to return to normal.
If I had to live like that… well, let’s say those months had very unwelcome new dark thoughts that took me by surprise.