What’s going on with taste and smell changes post-COVID?
One of the stranger symptoms of COVID emerged early in the pandemic. In the first waves, as many as half of those who had COVID lost their sense of smell. Now, years later and as new strains emerge, researchers know that roughly five per cent of people who have been infected will experience smell changes within three months.
That can include loss of smell completely, known as anosmia; hyposmia (decreased sense of smell); or parosmia, when things that usually smell and taste good suddenly smell terrible. Pleasant aromas, such as fruit
