This is a new human pathogen we barely understand. The avuncular reassurance just a fortnight ago that if you don’t have a cough or fever you can ‘go about your business’ was not evidence based. Need symptom surveys with no pre-suppositions matched to testing
There is the potential to reduce COVID-19 transmission by requesting that individuals with new onset of anosmia self-isolate. A lost sense of smell as marker of COVID-19 infection... for full details see below