https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/10/13/can_1920_t-smell-these-2-things-you-may-have-covid19.aspxUp to 87% of people diagnosed with COVID-19 report having lost their sense of smell, particularly the ability to detect the scents of peppermint and coconut oil. Researchers tested 25 different odorants, narrowed them down to five different scents andenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/10/13/can_1920_t-smell-these-2-things-you-may-have-covid19.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#103224210/15/2020 3:10:12 AM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1032242Almond<p>this is likely due to zinc depletion. &nbsp;A sense of smell requires adequate zinc levels. &nbsp;Zinc must be balanced with copper in the body. &nbsp;not surprising since zinc is also necessary for immunity.</p> https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/10/13/can_1920_t-smell-these-2-things-you-may-have-covid19.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#103201810/13/2020 5:14:26 PM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1032018stanley2<p>Sometimes when I’m at the gas station, filling up my car was gasoline, I will smell gas and think my car may have a gas leak. I then remember that I am at the gas station and I am probably just smelling the gas from the gas station. Same thing happens when I’m stopping at a traffic signal and I hear a funny noise and try to think what might be up with my car. I then discover that the sound is coming from another car. &nbsp;I don’t eat fast food, but I would imagine that a lot of people that do eat fast food, well they probably taste cardboard all of the time. Does that mean if you eat fast food, and that it tastes like cardboard, that you have whatever it is they all call COVID?</p>