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Kirk Herbstreit ‘Still Can’t Taste Or Smell’ Five Months After Testing Positive For COVID

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December 7, 2013: Kirk Herbstreit on the ESPN set of College Football Gameday before the football game between the Ohio State Buckeyes vs Michigan State Spartans at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN.

While the pandemic restrictions have eased off a lot in recent weeks, and we’re finally starting to get back to some normalcy, we still have some reminders of how serious COVID-19 is and was. Today, ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit gave us that reminder.

It has been five months since Herbstreit tested positive for COVID, and he’s beginning to get concerned that he still cannot taste or smell.

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Some fans responded to Herbstreit with their own experiences with COVID-19.

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This is some pretty scary stuff for Kirk Herbstreit.

A lot of people were suggesting that the college football guru should see a doctor, and figure out whatever lingering effects might still be going on from the virus.

Hopefully he starts to regain his senses soon.


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