Strange smell in air since Covid-19 arrived

I second that. I live in a rural area with minimal pollution. No factories or industrial plants nearby.

They closed the ethanol plant about a decade ago, which constantly blanketed a huge radius in a stench of pig manure, old beer, and rotting corn. I woke up a few weeks ago, and I was convinced I could smell it again. All day long, I could smell it. In town, at work, even in a couple villages 10-15 miles away that used to get hit by the stench. It's been getting stronger since then. It smells very similar to how the ethanol plant used to, but with another undertone I can't identify. Something metallic, sharp. I even drove past the old plant the other day to see if it was running, but it's still quiet and chained up. Hell, I even checked to see if there had been any consumption at their gas metering station (this plant is huge, it needs an entire regulator station to itself rather than just a meter like most places) in case it had been secretly running at night or something, but they haven't used any.

I cannot find the source of the smell. It seems just as strong everywhere. A few other people have mentioned it, but some don't notice. Many are chalking it up to the lagoons, or maybe cattle, but that isn't what it smells like at all to me.

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