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Keep in mind that many coronaviruses can cause loss of smell/taste.
by StavrosK 7y ago
Keep in mind that many coronaviruses can cause loss of smell/taste.
- ben-schaaf 7y agoPretty much any URTI can cause loss of taste. The loss of smell causes loss of taste.
- rindalir 7y agoBut which other coronaviruses are widely circulating right now is the question. As in, if you were to lose your smell because of a coronavirus, how likely is it that it was not SARS-CoV-2?
- bkanber 7y agoI don't know the absolute figures in terms of cases per year, but the four common coronaviruses are... common. From [1], we see that 1 in 200 flu-like infections was the coronavirus HKU1. This [2] paper corroborates and gives figures for the other three common viruses. We can therefore assume that about 1 in 25 bad-cold or flu-like illnesses are caused by a coronavirus. 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466428/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466428/