Today the CDC confirms that loss of smell is an early sign of infection by the novel coronavirus. A European study reports that “anosmia was found in between 85.6 and 88 percent” of patients. The Latin name, anosmia, the precise numbers, the confident words, fail to reassure. I lift my coffee mug and the darktoast/sweetcream/richbitter scent tastes like comfort.
Anosmia
Anosmia
Anosmia
Today the CDC confirms that loss of smell is an early sign of infection by the novel coronavirus. A European study reports that “anosmia was found in between 85.6 and 88 percent” of patients. The Latin name, anosmia, the precise numbers, the confident words, fail to reassure. I lift my coffee mug and the darktoast/sweetcream/richbitter scent tastes like comfort.