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booleandilemma 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Chewing gum restores dad's taste and smell years a...

Why would a virus evolve to do that? So weird. When I had covid it gave me a metallic taste in my mouth. Also was weird.

BobaFloutist 3 months ago [–]

Probably it's just attacking accessible cells, and nerve cells in the nose are relatively exposed.

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