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COVID-19, smell and taste – how is COVID-19 different from other respiratory diseases?

  • Written by John E Hayes, Associate Professor of Food Science, Pennsylvania State University
imageA health worker carries out an olfactory test to monitor smell loss to a resident 65 km from Buenos Aires city, on May 24, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.ALEJANDRO PAGNI/AFP via Getty Images

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