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#Teen had COVID-19 during Starbucks taste test TikTok video

#Teen had COVID-19 during Starbucks taste test TikTok video

This teen’s TikTok taste test was a tell-tale clue.

Maryn Short found out she had COVID-19 after filming a TikTok taste test video in which she tries out a sugary Starbucks drink.

The 19-year-old obtains her drink — which includes whipped cream, five pumps of vanilla syrup (itself 25 grams of sugar), caramel drizzle (another 21 grams), heavy cream and three pumps of caramel syrup (tack on 15 more grams) — through the coffee giant’s drive-thru window. But what started off as a typical teen’s “I tried it,” video turned into something much more alarming.

“This has no flavor,” she sassily says in the video, before her tone gets more panicked. “Why can’t I taste it? Do I have COVID?”

Her video has since gone viral with more than 701,000 likes.

In a later video, she also shared her positive test results.

Short told Buzzfeed that she’s been at home quarantining ever since. The teen said she thought she was dealing with congestion the day she filmed the video, but was startled she still couldn’t taste anything.

Maryn Short
Maryn Short
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“It was really strange. It’s hard to describe,” she said of the lack-of-taste sensation, which she documented in other videos.

“COVID is not funny, but I thought the video itself was funny because … I have very unfortunate events that constantly happen to me. I was like, Of course something like this would happen to me,” she said.

But she hopes the video, which was not uploaded as a joke, will serve to remind others to be mindful that the coronavirus can sometimes cause no symptoms and to follow lockdown protocols.

“COVID doesn’t have an age limit. It doesn’t have an expiration date. It’s just so new and it’s constantly evolving,” she said. “Be responsible, follow guidelines — I know guidelines are different for every state, but don’t be defiant … It really upsets me because people think they’re above whatever’s happening right now.”

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