It's long been known that the flu can cause loss of taste and smell:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-21-mn-44059-story.html

...from 1988

"felt strange, the whole sickness felt like nothing I had in the past"

You might not of had Swine flu, Bird Flu, Flu A or a host of other influenza strains before in the past - you never got tested in the past to know. therefore, an appeal to "felt different" doesn't prove covid. Could've been any number of illnesses you haven't' had before.

It's long been known that the flu can cause loss of taste and smell:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-21-mn-44059-story.html

...from 1988