This is funny because when I got covid I completely lost smell and taste. It's a very common side effect.

Since the earliest days of the pandemic, doctors treating people with COVID-19 noticed that a sudden loss of smell was a hallmark of the illness. As the vast majority of our sense of taste derives from our sense of smell, these COVID-19 patients also may have experienced a loss of taste as well.

https://www.uhhospitals.org/Healthy-at-UH/articles/2021/10/smell-and-taste-loss-after-covid-should-you-be-worried