{"id":127168,"date":"2021-06-01T16:06:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=127168"},"modified":"2021-06-01T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:06:12","slug":"kirk-herbstreit-says-he-still-cant-taste-or-smell-five-months-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/kirk-herbstreit-says-he-still-cant-taste-or-smell-five-months-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Herbstreit says he ‘still can’t taste or smell’ five months after testing positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit said Tuesday that he hasn't been able to taste or smell since he tested positive for COVID-19 back in late December. <\/p>\n
Herbstreit tweeted on Tuesday: "Been 5 months since I tested positive for Covid. Still can’t taste or smell. Anyone else experience this?? Did it ever come back?? Haven’t tasted a meal since late December. After 5 months…is this my new normal or will taste and smell come back???"<\/p>\n
Herbstreit notably covered last season's College Football Playoff semifinal between Clemson and Ohio State during his diagnosis.<\/p>\n
According to the Yale School of Medicine, as many as a third of people diagnosed with COVID-19 reported losing their sense of smell<\/p>\n
Been 5 months since I tested positive for Covid. Still can\u2019t taste or smell. Anyone else experience this?? Did it ever come back?? Haven\u2019t tasted a meal since late December. After 5 months…is this my new normal or will taste and smell come back???<\/p>\n
The 51-year-old Herbstreit joined ESPN in 1996 and has been a main analyst for the network on College GameDay, major game broadcasts and College Football Playoff coverage. He's won five Sports Emmy Awards in various categories.<\/p>\n
Herbstreit was a quarterback for the Ohio State football team from 1989-93. <\/p>\n