How Wearable Sensors Are Detecting Early Infections

Lucas and Luna explore how wearables like the Oura Ring and Apple Watch can detect early signs of viral infections before symptoms appear. They discuss the 2020 study from Stanford that showed temperature changes and heart rate variability shifts preceding COVID-19 symptoms by 2-3 days, and how companies like Fitbit are now building disease-detection algorithms. The hosts drill into the specific physiological signals — resting heart rate, skin temperature, respiratory rate — and why the FDA is treating these as a new class of pre-symptomatic screening tools. They also examine the privacy trade-offs: who owns the infection data? Do employers get access? And what happens when a wearable flags an infection that doesn't exist? The episode unpacks the technology, the regulatory landscape, and the ethical questions that come with turning a consumer gadget into a public health sensor. #Wearables #EarlyInfectionDetection #OuraRing #AppleWatch #Fitbit #FDA #HealthTech #DigitalHealth #Biometrics #HeartRateVariability #SkinTemperature #MachineLearning #Privacy #StanfordStudy #COVID19 #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo