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Terminating pandemics with smartwatches.

Märt Vesinurm¹, Martial Ndeffo-Mbah², Dan Yamin^3,4

¹Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University School of Science, Maarintie 8, 02150 Espoo, Finland.

|March 6, 2025

Summary

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Smartwatches can detect infections early, significantly reducing disease spread by lowering social contacts. This technology shows potential for managing seasonal illnesses and future pandemics.

Keywords:

control epidemic pandemic smartwatches wearables

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Area of Science:

Epidemiology and Public Health
Infectious Disease Modeling
Wearable Technology Applications

Background:

Wearable devices like smartwatches can detect infections in individuals before symptoms appear.
The impact of smartwatch-enabled contact reduction on infectious disease control remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the population-level effectiveness of smartwatch-based infection detection in reducing disease transmission.
To model the impact of reduced social contacts on the reproduction number (R) for various viral diseases.

Main Methods:

Developed a multiscale modeling framework integrating within-host and between-host viral dynamics.
Simulated the effect of smartwatch detection and subsequent contact reduction on COVID-19 variants, pandemic influenza, and seasonal influenza.
Conducted sensitivity analyses to evaluate R under varied conditions, detection accuracy, and self-isolation levels.

Main Results:

A 66% reduction in contacts decreased the reproduction number (R) significantly for all modeled variants and influenza types.
A 75% contact reduction lowered R below 1 for Delta variant, pandemic influenza, and seasonal influenza.
Self-isolation post-smartwatch detection substantially reduced R across diverse epidemiological scenarios.

Conclusions:

Smartwatch-based infection detection, coupled with reduced social contacts, can significantly curb infectious disease transmission.
This technology holds revolutionary potential for managing seasonal diseases and mitigating future pandemics.
Early detection and isolation via smartwatches can alter disease outbreak trajectories.