Prognosis

NBA Player’s Loss of Smell Highlights Unusual Marker of Covid-19

  • Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel reported loss of senses of smell, taste
  • Doctors say the sensory changes portend coronavirus infection

 Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel

Photographer: Tara Ziemba/AFP via Getty Images

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After National Basketball Association player Rudy Gobert caught the coronavirus, he wondered whether others had suffered the same loss of smell and taste he experienced.