The general advice for those who display symptoms of COVID-19 is to stay at home in order to reduce the risk of spreading it to others and call your health facility.
At the Din Tai Fung restaurant masked workers make spinach and pork dumplings on March 17, 2020 in Taipei, Taiwan.If tests are not available, a loss of taste and smell could be the best way to detect whether someone has contracted the coronavirus, according to U.K. researchers. This appears to indicate that a loss of smell and taste should be added to the list of common coronavirus symptoms. Until now, health authorities like the WHOThe general advice for those who display symptoms of COVID-19 is to stay at home in order to reduce the risk of spreading it to others and call your health facility.
Of those reporting one or more symptoms of the coronavirus to the so-called "Covid Symptom Tracker" app: more than half said they had fatigue or tiredness; 29% had a persistent cough; 28% reported shortness of breath; 18% experienced a loss of smell or taste; and 10.5% suffered a fever. "When combined with other symptoms, people with loss of smell and taste appear to be 3 times more likely to have contracted COVID-19 according to our data, and should therefore self-isolate for seven days to reduce the spread of the disease," Professor Tim Spector, lead researcher on the study, said in a statement.The WHO has not added a loss of smell or taste to the list of common symptoms to the coronavirus.
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What about uncontrollable rage?
Since I lost all sense of taste & smell more than 25 years ago, does this mean I've had Coronavirus 19 for 25+ years? Let's be real...there are many medical reasons for the loss of taste & smell.
Why don't they have gloves on.
So stupid not to roll out massive testing. It’s gonna kill people and the economy. We are rudderless as a country
This is dangerous misinformation that literally could kill people. Imagine somebody reads this who has a cold or flu, they conclude they have COVID19, then once over the illness, they fail to take precautions due to moral hazard.
I must already have it. My friends tell me I have no taste and my ex wife wife tells me that I smell
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Hi! We are Israeli scientists studying the sense of smell. We have recently developed a simple home test that may help you to notice early changes in your sense of smell which are potentially related to COVID19. 5 minutes, that's all it takes. More at:
Actually that’s the symptom for any type of flu!
Anyone who wants a test can get one—March 6 I believe
I think about all these restaurant workers and fast food people. I'd love to support the restaurants but honestly without testing they could be spreading the virus and not even know it.
So not being able to breathe and pneumonia aren't clear enough? How about death? Silly article.
PeakVentilators Best way to scare 10 people for every one you might help.
Trump and Fox News never had taste. But they still have smell.
What if those are the only symptoms?
That's another incentive for folks to protect themselves , or else pets will become tasters .
When Orange Crush tastes like chemicals instead of Orange, you might be onto something.
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