Smartwatches are used to detect changes in resting heartbeat, indicating that carriers are in the early, pre-symptomatic stages of COVID-19.
CBS:
Devices such as the Apple Watch, Garmin, and Fitbit watches can predict whether an individual is positive for COVID-19, even before they are symptomatic or the virus is detectable by testing, according to studies by leading medical and academic institutions, including Mount Sinai Health System in New York and Stanford University in California. Experts believe that portable technology can play an important role in inhibiting the pandemic and other communicable diseases.
“Our goal was to use tools to identify infections during infection or before people knew they were sick,” said Rob Hirten, assistant professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and author of the Warrior Watch, said. study.
Specifically, the study analyzed a measure called heart rate variability – the variation in time between each heartbeat – which is also a measure of how well a person’s immune system works.
I’m a slave to my Apple Watch.