Smell and death

"We think loss of the sense of smell is like the canary in the coal mine. It doesn't directly cause death, but it's a harbinger, an early warning system, that something has already gone badly wrong, that damage has been done. Our findings could provide a useful clinical test, a quick and inexpensive way to identify patients most at risk," the study's lead author Jayant M. Pinto of the University of Chicago said in a release. 

Read : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/02/smell-test-death_n_5921096.html.

I lost all sense of smell umpty years ago. Does that mean I am a zombie ?