"As a consultant to the Center for Disease Control in the US… and after a month of providing data and encouragement, I was able to convince the organization to change public policy and recommendations to include loss of smell and taste" as one of the indicators for screening asymptomatic patients with Covid-19, stated Dr Zara Patel, associate professor at the Stanford School of Medicine and a member of the Faculty Senate. She additionally performs a triple role as director at Stanford — of the Rhinology Fellowship Program, of Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery within the Otolaryngology (ear, nose, throat) Department and......