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“I have covid.”

“How do you know?”

“I tested positive.”

“How do you know it’s not a false positive?”

“I lost my taste and smell.”

Are people still losing taste and smell? 
 @ec20f92d Most people have no taste.

And they smell. 
 @ec20f92d losing taste or smell while you have any upper respiratory illness (cold, flu, etc) is not really rare. i don't know why this symptom has been made to be so critical in diagnosis.