[rightbyte]

I had a cold two weeks ago and I lost much of my taste and smell. However, lab test said I was negative for Covid19.

I think I just haven't thought about how colds influence taste before Covid19 sympthoms became known. I have always thought that snot blocked the smell like mechanically, not that the virus actually made the nose not work properly.

[makoto12]

interesting, didn't know non-covid flu strains effected taste and smell

[sofixa]

Small nitpick, but COVID and flu are not the same type of virus - coronaviruses are separate from influenza.