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Measuring metrics is easy, it's the algorithm on the backend that matters. There's a reason why Oura rings are expensive and it's not the hardware - you can ge
by theshrike79 9mo ago
Measuring metrics is easy, it's the algorithm on the backend that matters.
There's a reason why Oura rings are expensive and it's not the hardware - you can get similar stuff for 50€ on Aliexpress.
But none of them predicted my Covid infection days in advance. Oura did.
A device like the Apple Watch that's on you 24/7 is good with TRENDS, not absolute measurements. It can tell you if your heart rate, blood oxygen or something else is more or less than before, statistically. For absolute measurements it's OK, but not exact.
And from that we can make educated guesses on whether a visit to a doctor is necessary.
- yolo3000 9mo agoI'm curious how the ring detected it in advance? I also discovered my Covid when I looked at my Garmin watch and my resting heart rate was 100, until then I had thought I had too much sun that day.
- theshrike79 9mo agoSome of the metrics were out of whack, I think my average body temp was up along with my resting heart rate both asleep and awake. It somehow takes all that and gave me a "you might be sick" notification.
- SirMaster 9mo agoHow is that predicting in advance though? Sounds like it measured active symptoms like a change in body temp etc. That's not prediction, that's reaction.
- taeric 9mo agoI think it is fair to assume they meant before symptoms? Which, yes, your heart rate is a symptom. No, it isn't one most people consider.
- theshrike79 9mo agoDevice detects 0.1 degree average temp increase. I don’t. Like your car will start with a small noise first, you can’t hear it. But in time the small noise becomes a big noise just before things break. If you catch it in the small noise part, you can proactively prepare.
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- smallerfish 9mo ago> But none of them predicted my Covid infection days in advance. Oura did. It actually warned you, or retrospectively looking at the metrics you could see that there was a pattern in advance of symptoms? (If the latter, same here with my Garmin watch - precipitous HRV decline in the 7 days before symptoms. But no actual warning.)
- theshrike79 9mo agoIt actually told me, they've been doing this for a while: https://ouraring.com/blog/early-covid-symptoms/ https://ouraring.com/blog/early-covid-symptoms/ Of course it didn't tell me "you have COVID19-B variant C" - but it did tell me I'm probably sick and should seek care.