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I have a garmin that constantly has my RHr. I knew i had COV-19, so I logged everything. Friday (contraction of virus) to Tuesday (first symtoms) my RHR tanked each day incrementally from 62 all the way to 50. on Wednesday when my fever kicked in, RHR jumped to 64.
I’ve tracked my resting HR for years, and there’s so many other things that can affect it, including (in rough order of magnitude) alcohol & dehydration, lack of sleep & stress, ambient temperature, other illnesses, and finally exercise (which has a big impact long-term, but also gets lost in the short term noise).
Maybe coronavirus is different though. I would check up on sources.
Appreciate the intention, we should all be applying our skills to solve this problem we're all facing but just playing devil's advocate here, my resting heart rate has gone up lately. And it's not because I have the infection (I don't), it's because I've been stuck working in my apartment in Seattle for the past 3 weeks and I feel like I'm living a boring dystopian novel. I also stopped weightlifting, as the gym is c…
It's non-invasive, doesn't require the breaking of quarantine and relies on infrastructure that is already in place. More information is better than less and the author has some degree of professional expertise in the subject, according to statements on the page linked. There are always going to be outliers and what not. I knew someone who used to intentionally lower their heart rate to like 30 beats per second when…
False positives come at a cost. For example there is considerable debate about the use of routine mammograms, because of the potential stress caused by false positives.
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I don't think Android allows coronavirus apps either. If this were for Android it would be likely barred from the play store. https://play.google.com/store/search?q=covid-19&c=apps https://play.google.com/store/search?q=coronavirus&c=apps 0 results.
You could just install the apk file straight out of github though
First thing I was looking for was a download link :( Why does Apple think I’m unable to decide for myself whether I want this or not.
Thats a sacrifice you make when you choose the ios ecosystem. It's a compromise between secure apps, privacy and inconvenience.
This is not always true and I would recommend not to rely on it.
I recently had a sore throat, nothing more than redness, and felt sleepy all day for 6 days in a row. My Rhr had tanked to 50 consistently (manually verified) and I was concerned, but had no other issues than feeling a bit fatigued and mostly feeling sleepy. I did feel feverish, but had no fever (re-verified with multiple thermometers). I checked for any chest issues using a stethoscope at home, even though I did not have any respiratory problems.
Two days into it and on a second throat inspection, I found I had follicular tonsillitis - probably caught from my kid. A bit of a relief as I knew how to deal with it - but still no body fever. In the last two days, my Rhr then jumped back to 65-80 and it was the only time I had a fever once (101.5F), but my body was already feeling better and recovering from the infection.
Too much noise to signal for this to be reliable. I’ve tracked my resting HR for years, and there’s so many other things that can affect it, including (in rough order of magnitude) alcohol & dehydration, lack of sleep & stress, ambient temperature, other illnesses, and finally exercise (which has a big impact long-term, but also gets lost in the short term noise).
I keep close tabs on my resting heart rate to assess when I’m pushing the limits, and it’s been higher than usual these past few weeks...
Still, I do agree that in some instances it increases noticeably (I had the flu a while back and can confirm it rose a bit half a day or so before My throat started getting sore). But I don’t think it should be used as the only/main indicator for infection.
Infections raise resting heart rate. so resting heart rate is a good indicator of an infections. I've made an app that collect heart rate data from the apple watch and posts it to a public server together with an approximate location. Data is anonymized. Apple rejected the app, since it relates to human subject research and need IRB approval. The app and backend are open source. If anyone want to push this through th…
This does not logically follow. There are many reasons your resting heart rate could be increased and most will be unrelated to infections.
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People install apps voluntarily , they should be able to make these sort of decisions for themselves. It's one thing to protect users from malware, quite another to treat them like legal incompetents.
Just like they made the decisions for themselves when faced with the Cambridge Analytica quizes, right? Regulations are there for a reason.
Any set of regulations needs a crisis mode.