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The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by increasing reports of smell and taste impairment in patients infected by its etiologic agent, SARS-CoV-2. An increasing number of studies and more recently a meta-analysis have supported these reports. 1–4 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently added “new loss of taste or smell” to their list of symptoms of COVID-19. 5 These sensory changes may hold important implications for the diagnosis and management of COVID-19. Viral upper respiratory infections are among the most common causes of olfactory disorders, and viral etiology accounts for 19% to 43% of patients who present with olfactory dysfunction. 6 SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the coronavirus family, which is associated with a mild to moderate upper respiratory tract infection widely known as the common cold. 7 Human coronavirus strains are often accompanied by …