What WHOOP can tell you about COVID-19

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Recovery, Health, Life Sciences, Data, Optimize Performance, Science, Hrv, Fitness, Wearable, Health & Fitness, Sports, Strain, Whoop, Sleep

4.6 • 690 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Our research team has been working around the clock to uncover insights about COVID-19, and a few weeks ago we announced a major finding that showed tracking respiratory rate with WHOOP can help detect coronavirus before you feel any symptoms. VP of Data Science and Research Emily Capodilupo dives deep into our respiratory rate findings, along with a separate study that showed WHOOP members have seen improvements in sleep and cardiovascular health during the physical distancing period. Emily ...

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0:00.0	Hello, folks. Welcome to the Whoop Podcast. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, the founder and CEO of WOOP,
0:10.3	and we are on a mission to unlock human performance. You guys know what we do. We have hardware,
0:16.4	we have software, we've analytics, we measure important things about the human body, like how well you're
0:21.6	sleeping and recovering and the strain you put on your body. And more recently, one of the most
0:26.6	important things that we measure is respiratory rate. Respiratory rate we've seen, if elevated,
0:32.2	can be a sign that you have COVID-19. We've put out a lot of research around respiratory rate.
0:37.4	We're working closely with research of research around respiratory rate.
0:37.7	We're working closely with research institutions
0:40.5	and public policy makers.
0:42.2	And we believe respiratory rate is something
0:44.3	that everyone should be aware of
0:46.4	as an important metric to be measuring.
0:48.7	If you are interested in a WOOP membership,
0:52.1	you can use the code Will Ahmed, W-I-L-L-A-H-M-E-D and get 15% off a W-W-P membership.
1:00.3	Okay, this week's guest is The Wonderful, the Brilliant, Emily Capital Lupo, VP of Data Science and Research at Woop.
1:08.4	Emily has been on many of our most popular podcasts, and today it will be no different because
1:14.1	we go deep on all things COVID research.
1:17.7	We discuss our latest findings on COVID-19 and respiratory rate.
1:23.4	That is a study we have submitted for peer review with CQU.
1:29.4	This was a study we announced not that long ago, and man, we worked fast on this.
1:34.1	The research team worked fast on this.
1:35.6	It involves 271 subjects, and it shows that an elevated respiratory rate on Woop can detect 20% of COVID-19 cases before symptoms
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