A sudden loss of smell or taste could indicate a “silent spreader” of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. British experts are suggesting that anybody who experiences a loss of smell or taste, but is otherwise asymptomatic, should consider themselves potential carriers of the virus and take the necessary precautions.
In a joint statement, the president of the British Rhinological Society, professor Claire Hopkins, and the president of the British Association of Otorhinolaryngology, professor Nirmal Kumar, explained, “In South Korea, where testing has been more widespread, 30 percent of patients testing positive have had anosmia [a sudden loss of smell] as their major presenting symptom in otherwise mild cases.”
