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Okay, so Kate, so for our listening audience, if you have symptoms of, you know, any of the symptoms, we'll get into that in a moment here, any of the symptoms of long COVID, but you're over that acute stage, is it fair to say that you are not contagious?

Yeah. Well, my dog has not picked up on it for sure. Okay. Clarence, go ahead.

Yeah. Well, my dog has not picked up on it for sure. Okay. Clarence, go ahead.

So, all right. So here's a personal story. So for listening audience, I, my wife and I both got COVID when we were on vacation up in, in Alaska. And, you know, of course you gotta go through the whole nine yards of isolating and that whole thing. For my wife, she got over it and that was it. For me, I lost my sense of taste and smell. Okay, so now at first,

So, all right. So here's a personal story. So for listening audience, I, my wife and I both got COVID when we were on vacation up in, in Alaska. And, you know, of course you gotta go through the whole nine yards of isolating and that whole thing. For my wife, she got over it and that was it. For me, I lost my sense of taste and smell. Okay, so now at first,

I asked myself, well, geez, you know, this isn't so unusual because I have allergies, too. You know, and sometimes when you have allergies, you can't always smell really well or taste very well. But now it's been lingering on. And it's an interesting phenomenon because you still feel hungry. You know, you want to eat.

I asked myself, well, geez, you know, this isn't so unusual because I have allergies, too. You know, and sometimes when you have allergies, you can't always smell really well or taste very well. But now it's been lingering on. And it's an interesting phenomenon because you still feel hungry. You know, you want to eat.

But you could be eating garbage for all that matter because you can't taste anything. There are certain things though, for those of you who might be suffering from this, there are certain things that have a tendency to help. Lemon drops, believe it or not, because it has a stronger taste to it, helps. And it also helps to create more saliva. And also ironically, I can taste pickles

But you could be eating garbage for all that matter because you can't taste anything. There are certain things though, for those of you who might be suffering from this, there are certain things that have a tendency to help. Lemon drops, believe it or not, because it has a stronger taste to it, helps. And it also helps to create more saliva. And also ironically, I can taste pickles

of all things, you know, so between lemon drops and pickles, I'm having a really hell of a good time. But it is, for those of you who have these particular symptoms, it is getting better. It's slow, but it's getting better. The other thing that I've noticed, and this would be something to maybe look into is what your brain remembers. Like my brain remembers a good chocolate bar.

of all things, you know, so between lemon drops and pickles, I'm having a really hell of a good time. But it is, for those of you who have these particular symptoms, it is getting better. It's slow, but it's getting better. The other thing that I've noticed, and this would be something to maybe look into is what your brain remembers. Like my brain remembers a good chocolate bar.

It really remembers that. And so even though I might not taste it, physically per se, when I chomp down on a good chocolate bar, I can kind of taste it because I think my brain is telling me what I should remember. OK, so I think it works hand in hand with these things. The one thing you have to be careful of, though, with certainly with taste and smell is if you can't smell for sure.

It really remembers that. And so even though I might not taste it, physically per se, when I chomp down on a good chocolate bar, I can kind of taste it because I think my brain is telling me what I should remember. OK, so I think it works hand in hand with these things. The one thing you have to be careful of, though, with certainly with taste and smell is if you can't smell for sure.

It's like if all of a sudden you have a gas leak or something in your home, you have to be really careful. OK, because I I'll tell you right now, I wouldn't I wouldn't smell that. OK, Clarence, take it away.

It's like if all of a sudden you have a gas leak or something in your home, you have to be really careful. OK, because I I'll tell you right now, I wouldn't I wouldn't smell that. OK, Clarence, take it away.

All right. So Kate, chime in here a little bit, okay? Because I know that you've been involved with this, you know, with everything public health oriented wise, and the response to it wise. So Chime in here on, all right, what is it that the essence of what we really need to know around this whole thing at this point?

All right. So Kate, chime in here a little bit, okay? Because I know that you've been involved with this, you know, with everything public health oriented wise, and the response to it wise. So Chime in here on, all right, what is it that the essence of what we really need to know around this whole thing at this point?

So, Jay, you know, grants, you know, so I don't know where the grants are coming from to like the Department of Health. Are they CDC oriented grants or? NIH or both. But my question is, what are the questions that we are really, really focusing on on the front end here, research-wise, and hopefully getting some answers?

So, Jay, you know, grants, you know, so I don't know where the grants are coming from to like the Department of Health. Are they CDC oriented grants or? NIH or both. But my question is, what are the questions that we are really, really focusing on on the front end here, research-wise, and hopefully getting some answers?

So like in the research that the two of you are involved in right now, what's, I guess, what are the defining questions? Because apparently there are a lot of them. but what are the defining questions for the grants and the research that you guys are doing?