patricia loftot. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> how common is loss of smell in covid patients during their illness? >> so actually it's a very common symptom. if you look at the literature, it's a little widespread in terms of the actual numbers. i would say, i would quote around 80 to 90% patients that contract covid experience a loss of taste or smell. >> many are actually having complete loss of smell. some will say it's more of a decrease. most of them notice very big change in their normal sense of smell. >> okay. what percentage do you think still reports symptoms or suffering from that after they recover from covid? >> yeah. so the data is showing that about 75 to 80% of patients who have smell loss of covid will fully recover that sense of smell in the first few weeks. they usually recover their sense of smell as they recover from covid. most patients. then moving on to about the six month mark, more patients start to regain their sense of smell. we get to 95% of patient