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>>19722893
It seems they still haven't figured out why the sense of smell/taste problem happens. Some think it could be a neurological effect. Could be bad news for possibilty of virus laying dormant and becoming a recurrent illness.

>The herpes virus that causes chickenpox and shingles (VZV), for example, remains in our spinal cord cells for life.
>Most people in the US get oral herpes – or herpes simplex virus type 1 – by the age of 20. Following the first infection – usually after 1 or 2 weeks – the virus will become dormant in the facial nerve tissues.

But apparently everyone is on board with the ACE2 receptor knowledge now, and so the virus is apparently NOT primarily a respiratory illness, but the big problem is the epithelial cells in blood vessels. The virus appears to inhibit the ability of the circulatory system to vasodilate/vasoconstrict.

I never did any research into much of the "hard data" regarding the illness until now, and this is just from a recap in The Economist. I don't know where to go to get the better shit and catch up on what I've missed.