कोविड आणि कला...Covid and Art

सायंटिफिक अमेरिकन च्या फेसबुकपेज वर नोव्हेंबर १८ २०२० रोजी खालील माहिती प्रसिद्ध झाली

"It dawned on Eian Kantor on a Saturday in early April as he brewed a cup of tea from fresh mint leaves: he had lost his sense of smell. The tea suspiciously smelled of nothing at all. Kantor proceeded to rifle through the fridge, sniffing jars of pickles, chili sauce and garlic—nothing.

... An estimated 80 percent of people with COVID-19 have smell disturbances, and many also have dysgeusia or ageusia (a disruption or loss of taste, respectively) or changes in chemesthesis (the ability to sense chemical irritants such as hot chilies). Smell loss is so common in people with the disease that some researchers have recommended its use as a diagnostic test because it may be a more reliable marker than fever or other symptoms...With other viruses, smell is usually compromised by a stuffed-up nose, but COVID doesn’t usually cause nasal congestion..."

वास येणे हे इतके महत्वाचे ठरत आहे की तो निकष कोविडची टेस्ट घेण्यात कदाचित वापरण्यात येईल ...

आणि त्यानंतर हे चित्र पहिले .,, आणि मनात विचार आला : जो पर्यंत तीला गुलाबाचा वास येतोय, तो पर्यंत तीला कोविडची बाधा बहुदा झालेली नाही असे म्हणता येईल!

  "The Soul of The Rose", 1903 by John William Waterhouse, Watercolor Art