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A Food Critic Loses Her Sense of Smell The Daily

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For Tejal Rao, a restaurant critic for The Times, a sense of smell is crucial to what she does. After she contracted the coronavirus, it disappeared. It felt almost instant.
“If you’re not used to it, you don’t know what’s going on,” she said. “It’s almost like wearing a blindfold.”
We follow Tejal on her journey with home remedies and therapies to reclaim her sense.

For Tejal Rao, a restaurant critic for The Times, a sense of smell is crucial to what she does. After she contracted the coronavirus, it disappeared. It felt almost instant.
“If you’re not used to it, you don’t know what’s going on,” she said. “It’s almost like wearing a blindfold.”
We follow Tejal on her journey with home remedies and therapies to reclaim her sense.

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