Personal Brand & Positioning
How did Whoop detect COVID-19 through respiratory rate?
Answered independently in 1 episodes. Every line below is verbatim from the transcript, timestamped to the moment it was said.
The short answer
What the archive says
01An elevated respiratory rate caught about 80% of COVID-19 cases in Whoop's peer-reviewed research, and golfer Nick Watney used it to demand a retest and drop out of a tournament. source →
02A deliberately ambitious, vertically integrated product attracts elite talent — Will says Whoop has a 96% job offer acceptance rate in engineering. source →
03Whoop Live overlays heart rate, calories and strain on video, which is the core of Whoop's five-year PGA Tour partnership around fan engagement and player health. source →
In their words
What was actually said
And we had just published all this research showing that an elevated respiratory rate could be a predictor of COVID-19. Now, that's quite a statement.
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