I am going on 1.5 years of little to no smell that I noticed improves with time, then when I feel ill again/weakened immune system, it does a 180 and retreats. I don't think losing your smell is 'covid 19' specific, but I imagine with this particular 'strain' they concocted it was either a) on accident or b) on purpose to get people to say "but what about the loss of smell, that must be 'covid'".
I am going on 1.5 years of little to no smell that I noticed improves with time, then when I feel ill again/weakened immune system, it does a 180 and retreats. I don't think losing your smell is 'covid 19' specific, but I imagine with this particular 'strain' they concocted it was either a) on accident or b) on purpose to get people to say "but what about the loss of smell, that must be 'covid'".
"Olfactory dysfunction in upper airway viral infections (common cold, acute rhinosinusitis) is common (> 60%)" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7397453/