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Orange Radioactive Man | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 actually not only covid but many cold do impair smell.

and i am not sure whether the nerves go directly to the brain stem but rather the hippocampus.
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Volker | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I probably mixed up the biological names. It's a very ancient part of the brain, might be hippocampus, amagdyla or whatevs. I never can memorize those 😶