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Could your Fitbit or Apple Watch detect early COVID-19 symptoms?

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By Aleksandra Michalska

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It might be a good idea to build an oximeter into those devices. An oximeter is a sure fire way to tell if one's lungs are not working the way they should.

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Others have already researched this and the answer is no, it can't.

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Early signs of flu... Lol cos they have same symptoms...

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I wish there was some merit in this... From about a month ago I've had strange symptoms that possibly could have been covid but I couldn't get tested. Oddly enough, though I never had high blood pressure in my life, my apple watch picked up on a decent uptick in my resting heart rate over the 6 weeks or so. I thought maybe it's the stress of the whole pandemic and not being able to be out and moving as much so I bought a little blood pressure monitor to be sure and actually my blood pressure has risen quite a bit (not just a one off either, test 3 times a day every day). I also have had off and on GI problems and head and body aches, especially in the past 2 weeks. My GP told me I'm probably just stressed but who knows, there's only so much he can figure out through Skype.

Obviously wearable technology isn't quite there yet but it's obviously got the potential to be really helpful. Not in time for Covid-19 though, unfortunately.

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For those who do have one, I hope so. Sure beats waiting for Abe to lift a finger to offer some real help.

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