Smartwatch can measure whether you still suffer from Covid
Measuring whether you have Covid with your smartwatch: that sounds like a good outcome. An investigation shows that it is possible, as well as showing whether you still suffer from the disease.
Through vaccines and just under two years of caution, it seems that we can almost say goodbye to the coronavirus and COVID-19. We have yet to go through a period of negative testing and vaccine evidence. That to prevent you from getting Covid.
Covid
Well, you may have already had Covid. It is a nasty disease, which is why we are so careful with it. Somehow it is fine if you survive the disease, because then you know that it is all right. On the other hand, the disease can eat away at you for a long period of time. There are often consequences of Covid that have an impact on your health, often in the long term.
smart watch
What turned out earlier: Covid can be measured with your smartwatch. A previous study already showed that a smartwatch in combination with a health app can track whether you have symptoms. Of about 37,000 users of an Apple Watch or similar wearable, this was combined with symptoms that users gave. Often this combination of man and machine was right and a smartwatch could accurately report whether you have Covid or not.
Long-term
The team behind that research has now added a chapter to it. It is the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California. They have plunged into what they call ‘lung COVID’. That is not the disease itself, but the long-term consequences of Covid. Once again, the smartwatch offers a solution: deviant behavior compared to your normal situation can be measured. Think of an abnormal heartbeat, being tired more quickly or taking fewer steps. Again, these trends can be monitored on your smartwatch and it is thus clear how and what your body is doing in connection with Covid.
So if you (had) suffered from Covid, take a smartwatch. Checking your health related to the disease can therefore be surprisingly accurate. (via New York Times)
