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... in response to The Genetics of Coriander's Soapy Taste
  1. Covid-19 and sense of smell!
    RUTH POINTER RUTH POINTER United Kingdom says:
    November 10, 2020 at 8:52 AM

    I have been trying to work out for myself what has happened to my sense of smell since having Covid in March 2020. I have always loved coriander, but the smell now seems overpowering, and less pleasant, and it seems similar to the smell of orange peel - which I also used to love. I also find the smell of cooking onions and leeks too strong, and not as pleasant as I used to. This article has led me to guess that my olfactory receptor OR6A2 has been sensitised by the virus, so that I respond differently to aldehydes. However I am not a scientist, so this is just self-diagnosis!

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