Imagine what COVID would have been like if you had a digital twin. A complete inside and outside copy of you, it even shared the same routine thoughts and past experiences.

In this soon to be world your digital twin would have kept you safe, made you aware of imminent dangers, would have known immediately if you/it had contracted COVID and would have immediately alerted your medical ecosystem and authorities.

In this world your digital twin would have been the first to try antidotes, treatments and cures and when they worked, would have arranged for you to take the real thing.

Your infant digital twin already lives inside your mobile phone, it’s constantly interacting with and sensing the world around you.

Health, wellbeing and ageing are all about to revolutionise as we digitise prognosis, diagnosis and treatments and your digital twin doesn’t stop there, like any good sibling it’s itching to interfere in every other aspect of your life.