COVID-R Help

Are you unable to tell whether you have just a simple cold or COVID-19? Many people may have this struggle during the pandemic and question their abilities to act accordingly as a result. Using machine learning algorithms, COVID-R is a simple tool that estimates the possibility that you have COVID-19 based on a few survey questions, without the need for any sort of medical tests. The use of COVID-R is simple and straightforward. Simply answer the questions and get the results. Here we provide answers to some frequently asked questions about the app. If you do not find the answers to your questions here, or have comments and/or suggestions, please feel free to contact us via email at: nianjun@yahoo.com.

COVID-R FAQ

Q: What if I don’t know my temperature?

A: For your temperature, you can either provide a numeric value of your temperature (in Fahrenheit) or, if you don’t know your temperature, you can tell COVID-R whether or not you currently have a fever. Please note, if you enter your numeric temperature, you will need to enter your numeric blood pressure value later; if you choose to proceed with the second option, later you will be asked whether or not you have high blood pressure.

Q: Do males and females have the same risk of COVID-19?

A: According to our analysis, biological sex is a risk factor of COVID-19, though it is not a major one . In order to minimize the burden of the users, we only included the most significant risk factors in COVID-R, and therefore did not include any questions about sex.

Q: I heard that blood type is a risk factor of COVID-19. Why does COVID-R not include it?

A: Blood type is truly a risk factor of COVID-19 from our analysis. However, the purpose of COVID-R is for people to use at home, without having medical tests. A lot of people may not know their blood types. Another example is oxygen saturation, which is an important predictor of COVID-19. We did not include oxygen saturation in COVID-R, because many people don’t have this measure.

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