Yes they do!! The mucus layer blocks the olfactory glands thus preventing smell and taste.
The thing is people have very short memory and the media hyped it up.
You how I know? My birthday is around Thanksgiving and every year growing up I would get the flu, and I couldn't smell what my mom was cooking nor could I taste my birthday cake.
Much like we have a resurgence of the common cold and flu every fall/winter.
That's all covid ever was.
Most colds and flus do not take your sense of smell away for 6 weeks bro. It was a legit bioweapon, an overhyped one, but it was not just a flu/cold.
Yes they do!! The mucus layer blocks the olfactory glands thus preventing smell and taste.
The thing is people have very short memory and the media hyped it up.
You how I know? My birthday is around Thanksgiving and every year growing up I would get the flu, and I couldn't smell what my mom was cooking nor could I taste my birthday cake.
It’s six months later and my wife still can’t eat certain cheeses, sour creams, etc. normal colds don’t do that.