[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
>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>> 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
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