Coronapod: COVID and smell loss, what the science says
Nature Podcast
podcast@nature.com
4.5 • 893 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
One of the most curious symptoms of COVID-19 is the loss of smell and taste. For most, this phenomenon is short lived, but for many around the world the symptom can persist for months or even years after the infection has cleared. Once a tell-tale sign of infection, this sensory disruption is now becoming characterised as a chronic problem and scientists are only recently getting clear answers about the mechanisms behind it. In this episode of Coronapod, we dig into the most recent studies on the causes of smell loss after infection with SARS-CoV-2, as well as the treatments scientists are proposing to tackle it.
News: COVID and smell loss: answers begin to emerged
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hear that happy business owner. |
| 0:03.7 | They're whistling because they found a great deal for unlimited calls, texts and data with three business. |
| 0:09.7 | Plans start from just £8 a month with a 4.5% price increase each April. |
| 0:14.6 | Switch to three business for savings that'll give you something to whistle about. |
| 0:19.4 | Voted the UK's best network for business. |
| 0:22.2 | As voted by the mobile industry awards 2024, |
| 0:24.8 | £8 per sim for 10 to 20 sims. |
| 0:26.7 | 24 month plan. Unlimited UK only, |
| 0:29.0 | X 20% fat. |
| 0:30.1 | Look at you with your fancy pants job. |
| 0:33.5 | Sitting at your laptop all day on your video meetings. |
| 0:37.0 | Saying things like, |
| 0:38.1 | let's circle back on this, or can you drill down on that, or deep dive. |
| 0:45.3 | You know what you are, don't you? You're entitled, that's what? |
| 0:50.0 | That's right. Most people who use a screen at work are entitled to claim free eye care. |
| 0:54.9 | Ask your boss about getting one of our vouchers. |
| 0:57.6 | Should have reached out to Specsavers. |
| 1:02.3 | Welcome to Corona Pod. |
| 1:05.8 | In this show, we're going to bring you nature's take on the latest COVID-19 developments. |
| 1:11.6 | And we'll be speaking to experts around the world about research during the pandemic. |
| 1:17.9 | We're entering a new era now. We have new COVID strategies. There's some new unknowns and we've got a |
| 1:23.9 | vaccine. Hello and welcome to CoronaPod. I'm Noah Baker and joining've got a vaccine. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from podcast@nature.com, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of podcast@nature.com and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.