“We found rates of smell loss were down to about 6%-7% of what they were initially,” said Dr. Evan Reiter, MD, lead author of the study and professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at VCU, “6%-7% of that baseline – and the baseline if we just say that’s 50%, we’re estimating somewhere in the neighborhood of maybe 3%-5% of people losing their sense of smell with COVID infection now.”
— Read more in New VCU Study suggests smell and taste loss no longer COVID-19 infection indicator at WRIC.
Thanks, Robin. COVID continues to be a very strange virus, doesn’t it?
Yes, it really does. And continues in general…every week or so I think ah, haven’t heard of anyone I know with covid in a bit, then someone else I know gets it.
My daughter lost her sense of smell almost three years ago now after a relatively minor covid case. It has never fully recovered, she still has an aversion to protein-rich foods, especially chicken and fish. Even peanut butter. My sense of smell during the same time of sickness fully recovered after three days and fortunately (unfortunately!) I have no issues now with sense of smell or eating.
What a shame about your daughter, I’m sorry!