50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic

Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by chinathrow on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:35PM (#22607567)

Are you having issues with your smell/taste? A german virologist talked to symptomatic patients and found that most patients were stating that they lost smell/taste for days.

"Almost all infected people we interviewed, and this applies to a good two thirds, described a loss of smell and taste lasting several days."

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/gesundheit/coronavi...

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by war1025 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @03:27PM (#22609182)

I have a terrible sense of smell to begin with. I always wonder what people with good senses of smell experience on a daily basis.

But I can generally taste things, so this is good to know.

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by lebuffon on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @08:37AM (#22615889)

Loss of taste is caused by loss of smell, is my understanding. That is consistent with the colds that cause significant nasal congestion causing a loss of the ability to smell and therefore taste as well.

I have read that a few of the "common cold" infections are also caused by different species of "corona virus" so this is perhaps not too surprising.

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