COVID and “Chemosensory Disruption”: Answers Begin to Emerge

As I mentioned on June 3, if I ever suffered any loss of smell from my bout with COVID, it was minor. My sense of smell was never great to begin with.

Loss of smell was a very common symptom back then, when the pandemic was spiking. Since then, it’s become much less common. A study published last month found that compared with those who had been infected with the original virus, those who had the Alpha variant were 50% as likely to have it. It fell to 44% for the Delta variant, and then to 17% for Omicron.

You can read about why that is here.