Whatever’s going around my immediate circle passing as the Coof in the past 6 months or so does not seem to include the “taste/smell loss” symptom any longer (last year it did, and illness was usually more severe then too). It’s more persistent than a cold, though - I don’t get those often, but when I do I’ve knocked them out in 8-12 hours. I can’t say if I’ve ever actually had the flu - which means I probably haven’t. Yet no cold I’ve ever had has demanded so much sleep from my body as this. I slept 10 hours the last 2 nights, in addition to almost all day Wednesday, and today (day 3) I feel 95% back to my normal self, except for a stiff, painful lower back, probably from sleeping too soundly to change positions often enough.
This is the first time I’ve been really sick, such that it is, in probably 40 years, if not longer. I sure hope it’s the Coof, so I get some natural immunity out of it for my trouble! LOL
DayQuil and NyQuil are helping but, like you, I am so tired all the time too. This is my third day and I push myself to get things done.