Senses and Stuff

Welcome back, fellow bloggers! This week I found an interesting article relating to the sense of smell and a pandemic we all have experienced, Covid-19. In this article, Covid Smell Science, The New York Times Magazine talks about how the loss of smell or taste is one of the early indications of having Covid-19. The article elaborates on the science behind the virus affecting olfactory systems and how researchers are trying to understand the mechanisms that cause the virus to affect it. It also brings light to the long-term consequences of Covid-19 anosmia and obstacles that challenge patients who have lost their sense of smell. It also talks a little about how Covid-19 is changing the field of olfactory science and may lead to new discoveries that people have never known about the human nose. This article to me is very interesting because it highlights initial theories about how Covid-19 affects our nasal cavity, and how the sense of smell might affect other senses we may have in our body as well. They also place an emphasis on patients that have lost their sense of smell also are related to other diseases as well, a "whole enchilada".