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But 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
by rindalir 6y ago
But 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 6y 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/