[FRIAM] New information on COVID-19

Steven A Smith sasmyth at swcp.com
Fri Apr 24 10:54:29 EDT 2020


I guess the lead might be long enough,  but probably needs a different
calibration.

> Is that a rectal thermometer?
>
> Cody Smith
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 9:16 PM Steven A Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com
> <mailto:sasmyth at swcp.com>> wrote:
>
>     sew one into your mask with an LED readout so everyone can see
>     your spO2, heart rate and temperature?
>
>     https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11050 (just hold this one under
>     your tongue) while masked?
>
>     On 4/23/20 8:59 PM, cody dooderson wrote:
>>     If anyone needs an idea for a microbit project here is
>>     one, https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15271 .
>>
>>
>>
>>     Cody Smith
>>
>>
>>     On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 8:39 PM Steven A Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com
>>     <mailto:sasmyth at swcp.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Merle, et al -
>>
>>         Interesting article...
>>
>>>         We’ve had two life-threatening incidents, one trekking in
>>>         Nepal and the other in a remote part of Sri Lanka, where the
>>>         availability of a pulse oximeter made all the difference. We
>>>         now routinely check our oxygenation with one.
>>>
>>>         Ed
>>
>>         I have had some experience with a mountaineering spO2 meter
>>         and a Withings fitness monitor with built in spO2... the
>>         fitness monitor required removing the unit from the band and
>>         holding it diligently against the pad of a finger, and that
>>         didn't always give a good reading, but once I understood it's
>>         idiosyncracies it wasn't bad.  both devices are long-since
>>         nonfunctional (not to be worn swimming or in the shower it
>>         seems).
>>
>>         It seems like IOT wearables (already saturating the market
>>         for fitness applications) like my Withings could be getting
>>         better.  Maybe even good-enough to be useful in
>>         predicting/monitoring/tracking COVID19 symptoms/onset, at
>>         least statistically... 
>>
>>         There is some precedent with the Kinsa effort to use their
>>         IOT thermometer data to predict abnormal levels of 
>>         influenza-like symptoms
>>         <https://healthweather.us/?mode=Atypical>.
>>
>>         There seem to be a number of pulse-oximeter fitness trackers.
>>
>>             https://3dinsider.com/pulse-oximeter-fitness-trackers/
>>
>>         The Oura ring <https://ouraring.com/ucsf-tempredict-study>'s
>>         body temperature sensing has already been pressed into
>>         service for a study.  I don't know if the "band" form factor
>>         is able to maintain good enough skin-contact to be
>>         consistent... 
>>
>>         I just did a search on the topic
>>         <https://www.google.com/search?q=fitness+activity+tracker+covid&oq=fitness+activity+tracker+covid&aqs=chrome..69i57j33.6879j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8>
>>         and found a number of speculative popular articles on the
>>         topic, but haven't had time to dig through them.
>>
>>         This was one of the more promising:
>>
>>             https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/europe/fitbits-new-coronavirus-feature-can-connect-users-telemedicine-services-indoor-work-out
>>
>>         Our own Mohammed El-Beltagy (cc;ed here) is CTO for a Swedish
>>         company (RaceFox <https://www.racefox.com/en/home>) doing
>>         using fitness monitors for athletic performance
>>         enhancement.   He may be more up on the possibilities?
>>
>>         - Steve
>>
>>>         _______________________
>>>
>>>         Ed Angel
>>>
>>>         Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science
>>>         Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
>>>         Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
>>>
>>>         1017 Sierra Pinon
>>>         Santa Fe, NM 87501
>>>         505-984-0136 (home) angel at cs.unm.edu <mailto:angel at cs.unm.edu>
>>>         505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel
>>>
>>>>         On Apr 23, 2020, at 6:32 PM, Roger Critchlow <rec at elf.org
>>>>         <mailto:rec at elf.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         I found it credible.  We're adding a pulse oximeter to the
>>>>         kit.
>>>>
>>>>         There was another
>>>>         report, https://meaww.com/six-austrian-divers-permanently-damaged-lungs-recovery-mild-coronavirus-covid-19. scuba
>>>>         divers recovered from mild covid infection and ended up
>>>>         with lungs so damaged that it is not safe for them to dive
>>>>         anymore.  So many people with less demanding pastimes may
>>>>         be in a similar way but not manifesting the problem, though
>>>>         a dive safety exam would turn it up, and maybe a pulse
>>>>         oximeter, too.
>>>>
>>>>         I wonder if any of those cell phone pulsimeters could be
>>>>         upgraded to oximeters with some calibration?
>>>>
>>>>         -- rec --
>>>>
>>>>         On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 5:32 PM Merle Lefkoff
>>>>         <merlelefkoff at gmail.com <mailto:merlelefkoff at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Has the list read this article in the NYTimes.  What's
>>>>             your take?
>>>>
>>>>             https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/opinion/coronavirus-testing-pneumonia.html?smid=em-share
>>>>
>>>>             -- 
>>>>             Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
>>>>             President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy
>>>>             emergentdiplomacy.org <http://emergentdiplomacy.org/>
>>>>             Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
>>>>             merlelefkoff at gmail.com <mailto:merlelefoff at gmail.com>
>>>>             mobile:  (303) 859-5609
>>>>             skype:  merle.lelfkoff2
>>>>             twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
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