Everyone be like, I gots the RONA.......

[supercorndogs]

It had to be COVID-19, I lost my sense of taste and smell. That is something that has never happened before. And I am like, "wrong again." You're as silly as those ole' timers in the 1920s that thought a mask could stop the flu.

How does viral illness cause smell and taste loss? - Dr. R.I. Henkin

The Taste and Smell Clinic is the major clinical and research facility in the US where patients with taste and smell dysfunction are evaluated and treated.

www.tasteandsmell.com

 

[E. Bryant]

Good article - thanks for posting. Prior to March 2020, I often lost my sense of smell (and with it, taste, 'cause that's kinda how that system works) with normal head colds. Since then, I guess that Covid is the only possible reason for this to happen.

 

[supercorndogs]

I have once or twice. It used to be joked about in movies and sitcoms. I thought it was pretty much common knowledge until this year. I couldn't tell you how many times i have heard. "I tested negative, but I lost my sense of smell, so i am pretty sure I had it." Maybe people are rationalizing, why they tested negative, but were told to quarantine anyway.

I was struck yesterday, while shoveling compost, by something else. When I was young, 5 or 6, my mom got pneumonia. We don't really know what from. "Unidentified respiratory infection." Pretty common also. It left her with asthma for the rest of her life. This year, that same situation would be touted as permeant damage from COVID-19. "There is nothing new under the sun."

On a side note, she is darn near 70 now. She has been treating her asthma holistically, and has been off an inhaler, she was told she could never stop using in her 30s, for almost 5 years now. She is teacher, and she was pissed last year when they closed schools. She is pissed this year about the stupid shit. She can't wear a mask due to her asthma. She hasn't missed day. We have been full-time in person, full staff and student since about 2 weeks into the school year.

 

[pmclaine]

You people are displaying "thought"......very dangerous.

 

[supercorndogs]

Something about physical labor, or exercise, gets the brain going. Better sit at my computer for a couple more hours and round off the sharp edges.

 

[darkfader]

You people are displaying "thought"......very dangerous.

What do you mean by, “you people”?!?! That’s racist!

 

[j-huskey]

What do you mean by, “you people”?!?! That’s racist!

U jus gonna hav 2 git ovah it darkie....

 

[The D]

You people are displaying "thought"......very dangerous.

Looks like we got a group of violent religious extremists here

 

[BLEE]

I've lost my sense of taste and smell, every time I've had the flu. It'll pass.

 

[Holliday]

I am 58. I have never, ever lost my sense of taste or smell.

 

[Mooseknuckles]

I've lost my sense of taste and smell, every time I've had the flu. It'll pass.

Same here. It eventually comes back. Takes a bit.

 

[JbBooks]

I lose my sense of taste and smell after about my 8th beer, been like that my whole life, musta been the rona light I was drinking!

 

[JoshuaPaul]

1% of 30 million is not 3 million. If they can’t do simple math they lose all credibility

 

[Blutroop]

I never lost my tastes. I’ve always liked savage.

 

[GUN NUT in IA]

I would not exactly say I lost my sense of taste. I would say that nothing tasted "good" (smell kind of works right along there).

"Gee. That smells good. I wonder what it tastes like."

"Wow. That tastes great, but smells like crap."

 

[Steel+Killer]

1% of 30 million is not 3 million. If they can’t do simple math they lose all credibility

They know that they’re just counting on the fact that most people can’t do simple math ha ha LOL

 

[Alphatreedog]

I've lost my mouth brain filter . Oh wait , nope never had one . Whew that was almost like I gave a fuck .

 

[BullGear]

My daughter in law and grandson recently tested positive for Covid. She had a sore throat for a few days and the kid ran a very low grade fever for 2 days. That's all the symptoms they had after being exposed directly by another teacher in their school.

 

[supercorndogs]

1% of 30 million is not 3 million. If they can’t do simple math they lose all credibility

I don't think I will ignore the credibility of "The Taste and Smell Clinic." When it comes to things about taste and smell. They are not called the math and proof reading clinic. Plenty of citations. What possible reason would they have had, to make this up?

 

[BullGear]

Just ask them how many people were diagnosed with the flu this season.

 

[supercorndogs]

That "figure" is completely inconsequential to the information presented, or the point made. All the "Their" and "They" is silly. "Who are they?"

Results: Studies were performed in 5183 patients. Taste loss was present in 62% of patients, smell loss in 87%. Most patients with taste loss (52%) exhibited Type II hypogeusia; most patients with smell loss (56%) exhibited Type II hyposmia. Sensory distortions were present in 60%. Four common diagnostic entities were found: post influenza-type hyposmia and hypogeusia (27% of patients), idiopathic causes (16%), allergic rhinitis (15%) and post head injury (14%). Regardless of clinical diagnosis the major biochemical abnormality found in most patients (~70%) was diminished parotid salivary and nasal mucus secretion of cAMP and cGMP.

Taste and smell function in chronic disease: a review of clinical and biochemical evaluations of taste and smell dysfunction in over 5000 patients at The Taste and Smell Clinic in Washington, DC - PubMed

Taste and smell dysfunctions are common clinical problems associated with chronic disease processes. These symptoms require a systematic, integrated approach to understand their multiple and complex components. The approach presented here can and has led to effective treatment.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[pmclaine]

1% of 30 million is not 3 million. If they can’t do simple math they lose all credibility

Thats Bill Gates math.

Quit being a judgmental prick.

 

[norcalAF]

My grandpa lost his sense of taste/smell when he was in his 40s, it never came back. I remember as a kid watching him move dead skunks without a care in the world.

 

[Daddyusmaximus]

My wife got the plague back in Oct, and I quickly caught it too. We were miserable together for a couple of weeks... but that happens when you get sick.

What I'm really sick of is the entire established government, and media, turning it into a political weapon. Prior to the "Rona" there was 1,000 ways to get sick.
Now there are 1,001 ways to get sick.
So what?
Deal with it.

 

[Dunraven]

that kind of talk got me taken down on 2 other 'gun' sites! if you don't drink the koolaid you are not welcome.