Eli5 as to why when one has a cold or the flu that your sense of taste doesn’t work?

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I currently have a cold and can’t taste or smell anything. Why does it happen?

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On a slightly related subject, I used to work in ENT but my memory is fading quite a bit. IIRC when a person has a total laryngectomy, they lose both their sense of taste, don’t they?

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