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Newer COVID-19 variants less likely to cause smell and taste loss
The hill ^ | 05/10/2022 | Shirin Ali

Posted on 05/10/2022 11:14:56 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Many Americans considered a sudden loss of smell and tase a telltale sign of a positive COVID-19 infection, but new research indicates that may no longer be the case. As the coronavirus mutates into new variants, the likelihood that an infected person loses their sense of smell and taste seems to decrease.

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) analyzed a national database of more than 3.5 million cases of positive COVID-19 infections and published their results in the journal Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery. It showed that compared to rates of smell and taste loss during the early phase of the pandemic in 2020, the chances have significantly dropped as new variants have developed.

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KEYWORDS: covid; newer; taste; variants
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New covid? Similar to changing the taste of coke? 🙄🙄🙄
1 posted on 05/10/2022 11:14:56 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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So its like the common cold then


2 posted on 05/10/2022 11:20:05 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Newer COVID-19 variants will cause stupid Americans to accept masking, lock downs and mail in voting.....again.


3 posted on 05/10/2022 11:20:44 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So, how many different viruses did the ChiComs release here? I think there were at least two. I got something in February 2020 that was like a flu. Then, in September 2021, my wife and I got something much worse, that nearly killed my wife (15 days on ventilator, 31 days hospital total). That one caused my taste and smell to change.


4 posted on 05/10/2022 11:26:14 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Hold on, y'all, 2022 is going to be a ride you won't soon forget!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s new and improved Covid.

• Patients infected with more recent variants are at a significantly lower risk of developing associated chemosensory loss (Oto Head Neck Surg. 2022;Published May 3 DOI: 10.1177/01945998221097656). Compared with the initial/untyped variant set as the baseline, the odds ratios for alpha, delta, and omicron (December 27, 2021–February 7, 2022) were 0.50 (95% CI, 0.45-0.55; P < .0001), 0.44 (95% CI, 0.41-0.48; P < .0001), and 0.17 (95% CI, 0.15-0.18; P < .0001), respectively forhaving an associated smell or taste disturbance diagnosis.


5 posted on 05/10/2022 11:29:46 AM PDT by consult
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Someone tell my nose and taste buds.
I got ‘rona late last week.
Smell and taste aren’t gone but definitely diminished


6 posted on 05/10/2022 11:34:12 AM PDT by GQuagmire
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh Saint Fauci, save us from diseases that don’t have any symptoms!


7 posted on 05/10/2022 11:34:15 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: dsrtsage

Hypochondriacs are upset. They are losing excuses to virtue signal all their useless testing results on Fakebook and Tweeter


8 posted on 05/10/2022 11:41:29 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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RE: Newer COVID-19 variants less likely to cause smell and taste loss

Newer Covid-19 variants also less likely to be lethal or deadly to those infected.


9 posted on 05/10/2022 11:47:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: dsrtsage

Yep! It’s the flu. Period.


10 posted on 05/10/2022 11:47:57 AM PDT by JoJo354 (Freedom first.)
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To: JoJo354

Nah, the common cold.


11 posted on 05/10/2022 11:48:27 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: GQuagmire

My wife and I got the rona in August of last year. Lost all smell and taste for about a week. Weird experience. Couldn’t even smell gasoline. When I got my smell back, everything smells like dust.


12 posted on 05/10/2022 11:49:43 AM PDT by Texas resident ( Let's Go Brandon)
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To: GQuagmire

Could be because you have a stuffy nose? I have two sons, one currently getting over it, the other had it at Easter. They aren’t anywhere near each other. (One in the SF Bay Area, and the other in the Midwest.) Both had stuffy noses, which of course, will diminish your smell and taste somewhat.

It sounds now very much like every garden variety virus/cold that I’ve had or seen. The one who has it now started mild symptoms on Tuesday but didn’t test positive until Thursday last week. Then he broke out in a fever that lasted two days off and on. He has no symptoms now but is still testing positive on the at home tests. The worst part for him is that he is isolating from his wife and 13 month old son, who just doesn’t understand why Daddy is only on the phone camera with him. Plus, he didn’t get to give his wife the break she had hoped for on Mother’s Day. That will have to come after he’s out of isolation. I hope tomorrow but it’s for them to decide.


13 posted on 05/10/2022 11:56:34 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Burden admin BS.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

More people must be taking zinc. ( a deficiency causes loss of taste and smell.)

We’ve learned a lot about the immune system, essential vitamins and minerals, repurposing drugs, the value of diet, exercise and maintaining a healthy weight during this 2 year fiasco.

We’ve also learned to distrust government health agencies, hospitals, physicians and pharmaceutical companies.


14 posted on 05/10/2022 11:59:15 AM PDT by mom.mom (...our flag was still there.)
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soon the new covid variants will be just like the normal yearly flu!!!


15 posted on 05/10/2022 1:43:25 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Friend still can’t taste or smell from Covid-19.


16 posted on 05/10/2022 1:44:43 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed the nation whose GOD is the LORD. ~ Psalm 33:12)
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COVID... You mean that minor cold everyone was bitching about?


17 posted on 05/10/2022 2:04:51 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: FamiliarFace

I just got over it. I’ve had worse colds. Only reason I did a home test is because someone I knew had it. I was curious.


18 posted on 05/11/2022 6:35:01 AM PDT by sheana
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To: stars & stripes forever

Was that from one of the early strains before Omicron arrived?


19 posted on 05/11/2022 2:12:48 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Burden admin BS.)
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To: sheana

Right. Both sons had mild cases. The younger son who had it at Easter had it at Thanksgiving of 2020. That first round he lost his taste and smell for about a week.


20 posted on 05/11/2022 2:14:52 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Burden admin BS.)
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