01/30/2021
Handelsblatt has mentioned our U-Smell-It smell test in their "Corona-News" segment : "According to the Frankfurt virologist Sandra Ciesek, an odor test to detect a coronavirus infection could be another building block for containing the pandemic. 'I don't think the idea is bad at all,' said the director of the Institute for Medical Virology at the Frankfurt University Hospital on Tuesday in the NDR podcast "Coronavirus Update". She has already tried it out together with her Berlin colleague Christian Drosten. The test works in a similar way to scent samples for scratching perfume manufacturers. The test person has to download an app that shows him which field to scratch off. Then he has to enter what he smells. The test works in a similar way to scent samples for scratching perfume manufacturers. The test person has to download an app that shows him which field to scratch off. Then he has to enter what he smells. The test does not detect the disease itself, but only a symptom, emphasized Ciesek - the loss of the sense of smell, which around 80 percent of those infected reported. The test is cheap, simple, easy to distribute, doesn't hurt 'and doesn't do any harm,' said Ciesek. The test could be an 'add on' (a supplement) to filter out infected people at an early stage. If people noticed this symptom early on, they might isolate themselves and get a more informative test." https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/corona-news-auch-moderna-liefert-voruebergehend-weniger-impfstoff-frankreich-schliesst-grenzen-fuer-nicht-eu-laender/25471608.html
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