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WHOOP studies how first COVID-19 vaccine dose affects recovery, resting heart rate, and heart rate variability

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

4.6690 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

WHOOP is researching how COVID-19 vaccines could affect your body. VP of Data Science and Research Emily Capodilupo breaks down our latest study, which found that the majority of 1,200 vaccinated WHOOP members did not show a significant difference in recovery, resting heart rate, and heart rate variability after getting the first shot. This study also found that those who did see a change in physiological metrics did not experience a diminished recovery for more than a day or two. Emily and W...

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0:00.0

Hello, folks. Welcome back to the WOOP podcast. I'm your host, Will Amit, founder and CEO of Woop,

0:10.6

where we are on a mission to unlock human performance. We have a phenomenal podcast today with

0:16.3

Emily Capitaluppo, our head of data science and research.

0:22.1

And before we get to that, I want to remind you that you can check out a WOOP membership

0:26.5

at WOOP.com and get 15% off if you use the code Will Ahmed.

0:31.2

That's WI-L-A-H-M-E-D.

0:34.7

Whoop builds technology across hardware, software analytics that is designed to help you

0:39.3

perform at a higher level and be healthier, which frankly right now seems very important.

0:44.6

And this podcast, on point for that, is all about the COVID-19 vaccine and what we are seeing

0:53.2

as a response in WOOoop data to getting the vaccine.

0:58.0

You know, how does your body respond to the COVID-19 vaccine?

1:00.9

Has some background. The FDA has approved the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines dating back to

1:05.6

December of 2020. Over 20 million Americans have had the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine so far,

1:13.4

and the White House is pushing to have enough doses to fully immunize 300 million Americans by the

1:19.4

end of the summer, which would be a terrific accomplishment. So with this podcast, Emily and I

1:25.0

go deep on what we've seen in the data. Emily first explains what is

1:30.5

a MRNA vaccine and why is it such a breakthrough in the scientific community. The 1,200

1:36.7

who have reported getting the first dose of the vaccine and what we have learned about their

1:43.5

whoop data, how you can action this

1:45.9

data to be better prepared for getting your first COVID-19 vaccine, a bit on privacy and how we

1:52.1

think about research and privacy. And lastly, where WOOP is taking it from here. It's a fascinating

1:57.6

podcast, especially if you are interested in getting a vaccine, which I hope you are.

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